Commit as You Learn
Become an open-source superstar, right now.
Linda Nichols / @lynnaloo
@lynnaloo
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Today, I'm going to ask you to air all of your dirty laundry.
On Github.
What's Github?
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Website for storage and version control of project artifacts. -
The "hub" is a social network for collaborators. -
The free tier supports public repositories for open-source projects.
So, you should put your code there. Even your imperfect code.
Commit it. In public.
Once Upon a Time...
I was learning React.js and Hapi.js and I made a thing. Then I open-sourced that thing on Github.
Mullet was Born
People Got Involved!
Then, I started pushing all the code [real good].
But... Why?
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Your code is your resume. -
All software jobs will require you to know some kind of version control. -
You get free code reviews.
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If you're learning something, someone else is too. Build it, and you can learn together.
You don't have to use my naming strategies, but developers are people and people like a little silliness.
My ETA technical interview:
How do I Start?
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Make a Github account and create a public repository with anything in it. -
Look at open issues in another project.
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Get involved in #hacktoberfest.
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Add a feature to one of my open-source projects*.
k, so let's open-source something!
