azanbinzahid / hacktoberfest

Here is a starter project for first time contributors of #hacktoberfest

Hacktoberfest 2020 - Starter/Practice Project

Hacktoberfest is open to everyone in our global community. Whether you’re a developer, student learning to code, event host, or company of any size, you can help drive growth of open source and make positive contributions to an ever-growing community. All backgrounds and skill levels are encouraged to complete the challenge. Use this project to make your first contribution to an open source project on GitHub. This project is setup so you can practice and replicate on real-world projects.

Project Site:

• https://azanbinzahid.github.io/hacktoberfest/

See Contributions:

• https://azanbinzahid.github.io/hacktoberfest/CONTRIBUTORS

How to contribute to this project

Here are 2 easy ways to contribute to this project:

• Star this repository if you are learning new thing!
• Add your stats to the CONTRIBUTORS.md file
• Add a stats page to the 2020 directory

Choose one or both, 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

git clone https://github.com/azanbinzahid/hacktoberfest.git

• Go into the hacktoberfest folder

cd hacktoberfest

• Create a branch

git checkout -b branch-name

• Make your changes (choose from any task below)
• Commit and push

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!

Choose from these tasks

1. Add your stats on new line

Add your stats to the CONTRIBUTORS.md file using the below convention:

[![YOUR_NAME's github stats](https://github-readme-stats.vercel.app/api?username=YOUR-GITHUB-USERNAME)](https://github.com/YOUR-GITHUB-USERNAME)

2. Add a seprate stats page

Add a YOUR-GITHUB-USERNAME.md file to the 2020 directory. Use following template:

[![YOUR_NAME's github stats](https://github-readme-stats.vercel.app/api?username=YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME)](https://github.com/YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME)

View your stats after merge

Navigate to following to see your stats after PR approve:

• https://azanbinzahid.github.io/hacktoberfest/CONTRIBUTORS
• https://azanbinzahid.github.io/hacktoberfest/2020/YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME

Acknowledgement

We are using github stats card provided by https://github.com/anuraghazra/github-readme-stats

Bonus

Try out different themes in stats card

Disclaimer

Your PRs to this repo may not count towards Hactoberfest actual prize, however it is very important to start practicing .