[06052021] Chapter04 Session01 - Stepping Into Open Source

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Please, feel free to drop questions related to webinar:

Agenda:

    - Introduction
    - My Open Source experiences (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kunal-kushwaha/)
    - What is Open Source
    - How to start
    - How to find orgs and projects
    - Open Source best practices
    - Non-code contributions
    - Making your first contributions
    - Open Source programs like Google Summer of Code, GSoD, LFX< Outreachy, MLH Fellowship, etc.
    - QnA

To join over Slack: https://join.slack.com/t/goupaz/shared_invite/zt-oe4q61w4-qR8JTxAsWYUk4H2fq8G5pA Linkedin post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/goupaz_260-amazing-folks-over-zoom-together-activity-6807000226134675456-nLqm Youtube, for recording: https://youtube.com/goupaz

Kunal notes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpHAuTvgU_A

[Rahulkhinchi03]

I did Gsoc first issues of Checkstyle and I am now familiar with Gsoc first issues so can I do 10-12 Gsoc first issues or I have to do only 1 issue of Gsoc first issue and then jump into Gsoc second issue?

[soulninja-dev]

How do we find open source organizations

[vihaannnn]

I often have problems in getting the codebases up and running before I solve an issue (especially java) … what do I do?

[vrajdesai78]

Can you suggest some organizations for android (kotlin) which are participating in gsoc ?

[verma-kunal]

Hey! I am Kunal I am a freshman from India. Q. How to figure out which project are we interested in & we can contribute to that ?

[lavishabhambri]

What are the tests cases that you suggested to look before contributing?

[harshit-dugar]

How to join their chat groups and mailing lists for help

[AbhigyanSrivastav]

HOW MUCH LVL OF CONTRIBUTION IS NEEDED FOR GSOC AND WHAT TYPE OF CONTRIBUTION SHOULD I DO...PLZ TELL IN BEGINNER TERMS

[himanshu007-creator]

Given uncertain academic calendar due to COVID situation, how to commit ourselves for opportunities ?

[saisameerd]

Can we start contributing today or wait until gsoc start?

[namanvirk99]

If we are having a 9 to 5 job then how much time is good for getting deep into open source?

[shambhavi2209]

code bases are available in bits and pieces how to get the required code

[Sanika2103]

Can we start contributing now at any organization for participating in GSOC ? And give us any tips about writing proposal.

[dishitarocks]

Can you pls elaborate on your journey of learning on the go? Like what all did you learn according to the project you wanted to contribute to?

[Astrodevil]

I participated in GSSoC ended recently. Got to learn many things. loving open source

[rohitdinde3009]

What is better to do in open source continue to go deep on ex. Java ,. Or switch to other languages.....

[dark-developer15]

How much time you will spend learning a new tech from 0 to contribute to a particular issue or organization??

[suman123moh]

While setting up a codebase if I am facing issues and while messaging if other developers r not replying what should I do ?

[sidparashar2001]

How to get started learning a new skill like there are so many resources for react so it creates a confusion from where to get started

[rohan-kulkarni-25]

I will like to shout out to Kunal !! I attended his session 6 months back ! He advised being active on Twitter !! And that helped me a lot ! Today I am connected with about 250 peoples and they all are real connections !!

@kunal-kushwaha

[manojkumar402]

As a third year student should I contribute to open-source or study for internship?

[phoeniXharsh]

I am learning web dev, so I am simultaneously finding web deb orgs. I have interest in ML too and I know I'll be doing it in the future. So should I find orgs now which uses both web dev and ML or should I change the org afterwards? I've learned from Kunal's videos that quality of org matters more than quantity.

[SahityaRoy]

It's a cool session with kunal !!

[Sudeep8708]

Thank you Kunal i've really found that very helpful..!! So, from now we can start Gsoc Contributions right or should we wait till GSoc?I'm not getting how to propose them thst I'm interested in thst particular project..!

[ShamithaReddy]

I've been trying to contribute for Sympy, but when I go through the comments, I find that it was closed through another commit, so I find it time consuming to go through all the comments and find it's closed. So is there anything on github that shows that the issue is open?

[PrashansaGupta11]

I've zero knowledge about open source. What will be the first step to start with it? What should be the flow of study?

[shradhasharma1]

I want to be a part of GSOC how to prepare for it next year.. so that I could make contributions that help organizations

[gokulakrishnanbalaji]

Should I wait for GSOC to contribute to open source?

[anuragh2002]

How to understand issues if you know 40% of Techstack ?

[rohitdinde3009]

That's Good For Beginners Like Me To Know About OpenSource So Easily. It's Very Nice And Productive Webinar. Really Thanks For Arranging It.👍🏻🤩

[vaibhavpathak999]

How to stay motivated when you are trying to learn new technologies used in the organisation's project. Because the code base is well maintained and optimized. Any particular way of contributing projects.

[LagnajeetJena]

if am stuck somewhere middle of the project, What to do?

[atharvamogade]

How much contribution or experience in Open Source is required to get a job at MNCs or high paying startups as a tier-three college student?

[sudhakumari20]

As a beginner it's very hard to know what amount of level of expertise is required before I can start contributing easily

[sadiaanzum]

Is it possible to contribute to any organization listed in GSoC organizations list without being selected for GSoC? Also how to stay motivated while learning new technologies?

[DwipshikhaLodh]

What were the test case that you mentioned after choosing the organisation and project?

[Priyanshu-cs11]

The webinar was really great! Huge appreciation to all the guests speakers and students who joined. I will be preparing myself for GSOC to gail more experience. My question is can we still contribute to the organisations if we are not selected into gsoc primarily?

[ShivamTyagi12345]

question: I learnt webd, made few websites with MERN,but nothing seems to be productive for me. Should i keep on learning DSA if i want to be placed after college ,or give a final shot to Open source.

[0xdeepak]

first I have to ask project maintainers to assign issue to me or I can start working directly. And maximum time one should take to solve an issue?

[yashgangwar7558]

Some tips to understand the large codebase ....As sometimes it gets a little overwelming

[sachindavra]

Could you suggest some beginner python projects to start with?

[0xdeepak]

I am going to start open source to escape from tutorial hell but learning about open source for so many days, I feel like I fall again.

[aryabyte21]

Which are ur favourite open source orgs. Can u recommend some good orgs for beginners?