atb00ker
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4 years ago Hello,
I consider this pull request more noise than contribution, I feel that you are only interested to make a pull request because being a GCI mentor requires you to contribute to the project.
If my understanding is wrong and you are interested to contribute but you don't know the correct way to get started, please read the following as a general template to start working on any project.
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Start with reading about the project, if you don't know about the project, it's not really worth contributing to it. For OpenWISP start here: openwisp.org and openwisp.io
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Follow the tools / guidelines of the project, if the project doesn't have any guidelines and everyone keeps pulling them in their direction, the project wouldn't go very far, hence we standardize things and make guidelines for development:
- For OpenWISP start here: http://openwisp.io/docs/developer/contributing.html
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Find out about the goals and values of the project, needless to say if your philosophy of life isn't intune with the project, you wouldn't feel very good about contributing to the project, after all you're not paid for your work and if you can't find a meaning in your contribution, I doubt you'd be able to contribute for a long time:
- For OpenWISP start here: http://openwisp.io/docs/general/values.html
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Introduce yourself, talk to the community: Communication is key if you are willing to work on a project -- talk to the people currently working on the project and you'll find out about the priorities of the project and what the community needs / wants. It'll also help you to \ avoid making changes that are not really required for the community. For OpenWISP start here:
If you have any questions, you reach me or the community on gitter. I'd appreciate any point I missed from my fellow contributors! :smile:
Best, Ajay Tripathi
Easily readable.