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Refactotum - How to contribute to an open source project in 4 hours

http://thinkrelevance.com/blog/2008/05/23/refactotum-overview.html

by espo • 15 years ago

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senko• 15 years ago

Or just use an open source library and, when you find a bug, report it and (try to) fix it. Pay attention to the coding style, write a test case that reproduces the bug, and send/submit the patches to the author.

As a library user, you'll have the incentive to have the bug fixed. You'll also know exactly how to reproduce it, which will help you to locate and fix it and write a test case.

Even if you never touch that project again, you will have (a) helped yourself, (b) helped the project and (c) learned something.

See also: Write and Submit your first Linux kernel Patch (FOSDEM 2010 talk): http://archive.fosdem.org/2010/schedule/events/linuxkernelpa...

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