Python
🎃 HacktoberFest Starter Project 🎃
Use this project to make your first contribution to an open source project on GitHub. Practice making your first pull request to a public repository before doing the real thing!
Celebrate Hacktoberfest by getting involved in the open source community by completing some simple tasks in this project.
This repository is open to all members of the GitHub community. Any member may contribute to this project without being a collaborator.
https://github.com/thecodingcenter/HacktoberFest.git
What is Hacktoberfest?
A month-long celebration from October 1st - 31st sponsored by Digital Ocean and GitHub to get people involved in Open Source. Create your very first pull request to any public repository on GitHub and contribute to the open source developer community.
How to contribute to this project
Here are 3 quick and painless ways to contribute to this project:
- Add your name to the
CONTRIBUTING.md
file - Add a profile page to the
profiles
directory - Create a simple "Hello, World" script in a language of your choice
Choose one or all 3, make a pull request for your work and wait for it to be merged!
Getting started
- Fork this repository (Click the Fork button in the top right of this page, click your Profile Image)
- Clone your fork down to your local machine
markdown git clone https://github.com/thecodingcenter/HacktoberFest.git
- Create a branch
markdown git checkout -b branch-name
- Make your changes (choose from any task below)
- Commit and push
markdown git add . git commit -m 'Commit message' git push origin branch-name
- Create a new pull request from your forked repository (Click the
New Pull Request
button located at the top of your repo) - Wait for your PR review and merge approval!
- Star this repository if you had fun!
Choose from these tasks
1. Add your name
Add your name to the CONTRIBUTORS.md
file using the below convention:
markdown
Name: [YOUR NAME](GitHub link)
- Place: City, State, Country
- Bio: Who are you?
- GitHub: [GitHub account name](GitHub link)
2. Add a profile page
Add a Your_Name.md
file to the profiles
directory. Use any combination of content and Markdown you'd like. Here is an example:
markdown
Your Name
Location
Your City/Country
Academics
Your School
Interests
- Some Things You Like
Development
- Inventor of the My Pillow
Projects
- [My Project](GitHub Link) Short Description
Profile Link
[Your Name](GitHub Link)
Hello, World!
Script
3. Create a Add a hello_world_yourusername.xx
script to the scripts
directory in any language of your choice! Here is an example:
Javascript // LANGUAGE: Javascript // ENV: Node.js // AUTHOR: Anmol Agarwal // GITHUB: https://github.com/fineanmol
console.log('Hello, World!');
Name the file hello_world_yourusername.xx
. e.g., hello_world_anmolagarwal.js
or hello_world_anmolagarwal.py
.
Add your scripts to the specific folder for specific languages created.
Don't forget to include the comments as seen above. Feel free to include additional information about the language you choose in your comments too! Like a link to a helpful introduction or tutorial.
Here is my hello_world
example: hello_world_anmolagarwal.js
Our Contributors
BONUS!
- Merging All Pull Requests
- See profiles submitted by fellow coders from around the globe ... from Kathmandu to Copenhagen.
- Discover some obscure to new and trending languages ... from BrainFuck to Groovy.
- Check out some very creative ways to print out a "Hello, World!" string.
Keep Your Fork Synced: https://gist.github.com/fineanmol/f9b8943230e7031ae78cdcd1755bef32
Checkout this list for README examples - Awesome README
Github-Flavored Markdown https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/
Additional references added by contributors
GitHub license explained https://choosealicense.com