├── README.md └── welcome.gif /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Welcome to 30 Days of Open Source! 2 | ![logo](/welcome.gif) 3 | ## Guidelines for participation 4 | 5 | - Create a GitHub Account (if you don’t already have one) 6 | - **Register** for the challenge: https://scholarshiptrack.typeform.com/to/cIuBn2dt 7 | - Join the organisation: [30DaysOfOS](https://github.com/30DaysOfOS) 8 | - Join the Slack channel (30daysofopensource) 9 | - Fork a repository to [30DaysOfOS](https://github.com/30DaysOfOS) 10 | - Post updates with the hashtag **#30DaysOfOpenSource** & tag [Code for Cause](https://twitter.com/codeforcauseIn), [Scholarship Track](https://twitter.com/scholarshiptrac) so that we can find you! 11 | - Earn badges! 12 | - Ask for help and contribute to the Slack community 13 | - Write a weekly journal / post on LinkedIn consisting of what you learnt, your thoughts and reflection. 14 | - Earn completion certificates! 15 | 16 | ## Resources: 17 | https://opensource.google/projects/explore/featured 18 | 19 | ## Program Schedule 20 | **Week 1:** Getting started 21 | - Welcome webinar by the organising team 22 | - GitHub account, exploring StackOverflow, setting up a blog (optional) and starting to tweet under hashtag #30daysofopensource. 23 | - Learning git and github basics 24 | - Find/Create open source projects to contribute to during the program 25 | 26 | **Week 2:** Basics 27 | - Find projects to contribute to and create the first pull request. 28 | - Fork in organisation repo 29 | 30 | **Week 3:** Moving Forward 31 | - More contributions 32 | - Find which programs you would like to take part - Gsoc, Outreachy, etc. 33 | - Go through the previous organizations of GSoC and prepare a list of organizations you would like to work for. 34 | - Prepare a list of skills required for your target organizations and upskill yourself. 35 | 36 | **Week 4:** Wrapping Up 37 | - Show and Tell 🎉 38 | - Wrap up program and announce winners 🏅 39 | - Use the skills you learnt to make bigger contributions & apply to GSoC, Outreachy, etc. 40 | 41 | 42 | ## Earn your Badges! 43 | #### Earn badged for milestones like: 44 | - Opening up issues 45 | - Making a Pull Request 46 | - Reviewing existing Pull Requests 47 | - Updating the Documentation 48 | - Getting your Pull Requests merged 49 | - Being a community member & resolve doubts of others 50 | - Writing blogs about your progress 51 | 52 | ## Learning resources 53 | YouTube: 54 | [Code for Cause](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfv8cds8AfIM3UZtAWOz6Gg) 55 | [Scholarship Track](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu5YRSqno24ytuv8MFuiIEQ) 56 | 57 | ## Contact Information 58 | Email: 59 | team@codeforcause.org 60 | team@scholarshiptrack.org 61 | 62 | Twitter: 63 | [Code for Cause](https://twitter.com/codeforcauseIn) 64 | [Scholarship Track](https://twitter.com/scholarshiptrac) 65 | 66 | Instagram: 67 | [Code for Cause](https://www.instagram.com/codeforcause/) 68 | [Scholarship Track](https://www.instagram.com/scholarshiptrack/) 69 | 70 | LinkedIn: 71 | [Code for Cause](https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeforcauseorg) 72 | [Scholarship Track](https://www.linkedin.com/company/scholarshiptrack/) 73 | 74 | ## Code of Conduct 75 | - Do not label someone else’s work as your own. 76 | - The size of your contribution does not matter. Participation does. 77 | - Be respectful of others in the community. 78 | - Try and help as many people as you can. 79 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /welcome.gif: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/30DaysOfOS/Welcome/491aaeb7cce758a97e88f811c7c0bcc21c44539c/welcome.gif --------------------------------------------------------------------------------