CONTRIBUTING TO OPEN SOURCE ISN’T JUST FOR TECHNICAL FOLKS WHO WANT TO WRITE CODE. THERE ARE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO USE YOUR PROFESSIONAL SKILLS IN SUPPORT OF OPEN-SOURCE PROJECTS. THIS YEAR, WE’RE MAKING A POINT TO ENCOURAGE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT REQUIRE SOME TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE OR NONE AT ALL. NO MATTER YOUR EXPERIENCE, YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN HACKTOBERFEST!
HACKTOBERFEST WELCOMES PEOPLE OF ANY EXPERIENCE LEVEL TO PARTICIPATE, AND LOW-CODE AND NON-CODE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE FANTASTIC CHOICES FOR FOLKS WHO DON’T HAVE A LOT OF TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE. HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE TO OPEN-SOURCE PROJECTS:
| LOW-CODE | NON-CODE
-- | -- | --
WRITING | TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION | TRANSLATINGCOPY EDITING
DESIGN | TESTING | USER EXPERIENCE TESTINGGRAPHIC DESIGNVIDEO PRODUCTION
ADVOCACY** | TALKS OR PRESENTATIONSTECHNICAL BLOG POSTSPODCASTSCASE STUDIES | SOCIAL MEDIABLOG POSTS
CONTRIBUTORS SUBMITTING LOW- OR NON-CODE CONTENT TO PROJECTS SHOULD CREATE A PR/MR TO TRACK IT. WHILE HACKTOBERFEST TRACKS ALL PR/MRS SUBMITTED FOR THE EVENT, MAINTAINERS MAY NEED TO FACILITATE TRACKING OF THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGH AN ACTIVITY LOG OR SIMILAR.
There's probably an opportunity to better explain how to reach out to a maintainer about low-code and no-code contributions, and an opportunity for maintainers to better define tasks that they would like help and assistance with.
Low-code and no-code submissions are good, too!
Hacktoberfest is just starting to get its feet under it as far as recognizing low-code and no-code work during Hacktoberfest.
Here's the link to the section that describes low and no-code contributions:
https://hacktoberfest.com/about/#low-or-non-code
NEW FOR 2022
LOW OR NON CODE CONTRIBUTIONS
CONTRIBUTING TO OPEN SOURCE ISN’T JUST FOR TECHNICAL FOLKS WHO WANT TO WRITE CODE. THERE ARE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO USE YOUR PROFESSIONAL SKILLS IN SUPPORT OF OPEN-SOURCE PROJECTS. THIS YEAR, WE’RE MAKING A POINT TO ENCOURAGE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT REQUIRE SOME TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE OR NONE AT ALL. NO MATTER YOUR EXPERIENCE, YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN HACKTOBERFEST!
HACKTOBERFEST WELCOMES PEOPLE OF ANY EXPERIENCE LEVEL TO PARTICIPATE, AND LOW-CODE AND NON-CODE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE FANTASTIC CHOICES FOR FOLKS WHO DON’T HAVE A LOT OF TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE. HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE TO OPEN-SOURCE PROJECTS:
CONTRIBUTORS SUBMITTING LOW- OR NON-CODE CONTENT TO PROJECTS SHOULD CREATE A PR/MR TO TRACK IT. WHILE HACKTOBERFEST TRACKS ALL PR/MRS SUBMITTED FOR THE EVENT, MAINTAINERS MAY NEED TO FACILITATE TRACKING OF THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGH AN ACTIVITY LOG OR SIMILAR.
There's probably an opportunity to better explain how to reach out to a maintainer about low-code and no-code contributions, and an opportunity for maintainers to better define tasks that they would like help and assistance with.