CodeTriage VS Open-Source-Ruby-and-Rails-Apps

3. Open Source Contribution

I wrote a book with a chapter on how to write docs for other people’s code https://howtoopensource.dev

I also wrote an open source tool for writing and testing tutorials https://github.com/zombocom/rundoc and another that will email you undocumented methods of open source code so you can practice writing documentation https://www.codetriage.com/.

CodeTriage helps you contribute to open source by “picking a handful of open issues and delivering them directly to your inbox”. (Source: CodeTriage)

Here are open source projects listed https://www.codetriage.com/ You can filter for "C".

The biggest untaped potential (IMHO) is not one company funding 1 full time maintainer, but EVERY company allowing and encouraging EVERY developer to help and work with open source. This was the basis of my web app https://www.codetriage.com/. I have a chapter on it in my book How to Open Source (https://howtoopensource.dev/), and I talked to Yehuda about it for about an hour after my last talk at Philly ETE.

You can also use websites like up-for-grabs, goodfirstissue, or CodeTriage to find projects with open issues. Find one that looks easy or interesting to you and comment on it, asking if you can take a shot at it.

I recommend these resources to help you contribute https://www.codetriage.com/ (free) and https://howtoopensource.dev/ (paid). DM if you can’t afford a copy.

I'd suggest picking an open source repo and giving yourself a very simple task, like changing some text on a specific page, doubling up every row in some data-driven table, something like that. It doesn't have to be sensible, it just has to be something that forces you to learn

If you love doing hands-on project, I recommend you to look at the existing awesome Rails app. You will learn a lot, and learn what matters.

I already make a tons of awesome Ruby on Rails list here;

https://github.com/asyraffff/Open-Source-Ruby-and-Rails-Apps

I also found this kind of list here on GitHub.

Check this new version 🔥.

Here we go 🚀.