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Ask HN: Which open source needs contributors badly? I am a beginner

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Re: Ask HN: Which open source needs contributors badly? I am a beginner

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Post by tnorthcutt »

sanspace wrote: post #6
Jeremy1026 wrote: post #4

What language(s) would you want to work with?

I am a C developer and I work personally on PHP and have written some utility scripts using python. I don't stick to a language. I am a quick learner and I am flexible. I would like to start with a small tasks / modules as of now until I get a hold on things.

WordPress is run by ~17% of the web and is quite welcoming to people new to the community. These two links may be helpful:

http://wp.tutsplus.com/articles/general/learning-how-to-cont...

http://codex.wordpress.org/Contributing_to_WordPress

Re: Ask HN: Which open source needs contributors badly? I am a beginner

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Post by mgallivan »

hoggle wrote: post #10

If you don't have a GitHub account yet then get one and find projects that interest you ("explore"). This tool here helps you to stay on course by sending you emails regularly: http://www.codetriage.com

I tried to sign up (because it's a fantastic idea) but I got:

"We're sorry, but something went wrong."

when I tried to authorize the application in GitHub. If this is your project I'd love to try it out if there's another way for me to sign up (or another date I can try).

Re: Ask HN: Which open source needs contributors badly? I am a beginner

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Post by sanspace »

hoggle wrote: post #10

If you don't have a GitHub account yet then get one and find projects that interest you ("explore"). This tool here helps you to stay on course by sending you emails regularly: http://www.codetriage.com

The site doesn't seem to work. I am unable to sign up. It takes me to github auth. But, while returning from github it says something went wrong.
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