Contributing to Open Source for the first time

When software is open source, its code is freely available to anyone to use for any purpose. Facebook acknowledges the power behind open source, and recommends to its engineers to contribute and use open source projects. But how can you get started?

In this video, Cami walks you through how to make your first contribution to open source, with PyTorch as the example!

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[cassidoo]

Tip for newbies: often there’s labels called “good first issue” or “my first PR” on a lot of projects that are small tasks that can introduce you to the project and make a meaningful change!

[jeffGordon]

If you're not confident enough, you can do docs translation. Some people might think when they do translation they are not contributing as much as someone who writes code. But this couldn't be further from the truth! Imagine all the projects without docs!

[LilyEvans]

This is a very solid introduction to open source contribution!

[santosh]

This is an underrated video. People just talk about open-source and its uses and everything but this is what a beginner actually need

[pviveknair]

This is exactly what I was looking for. There are all these tutorials about Git and Github technologies, but none of them actually tell you how to work with them. Thank you very much for helping out with the clearly neglected front end part.

[guitarman]

This is a fantastic introduction to open-source contributions. I always wanted to get into this. But never knew where to exactly start. I have more confidence now to undertake these projects. Thanks Cami!

[khalidfrancis]

This is one amazing video. Very informative and very explanatory yet very detailed in demonstration and straight to the point. This was tremendously helpful to me, someone who is trying to slowly myself as a software developer yet going through the clueless beginning. THANK YOU CAMI

[bae_velvet]

Thank you ! other videos didn't do a complete example so I didn't wanna mess my first contribution! but this was from start to finish, fantastic. Great video!

[loicboset]

Thanks a lot! I've just made my first contribution!

[whisp]

thanks, good video! I'm trying to hop into open source to better my chances for internships.

[manucheremeh]

Most useful guide I have seen so far on first open source contribution! Thank you so much Cami Williams, I'm in love with you now ❤️

[noobsaredevil]

That was nice introduction for first time contribution.
I actually did my first contribution today after learning from this video. It was small HTML/CSS contribution to a project but felt nice for first steps.
Thanks Ma'am

[judevector]

Gosh I have watched so many videos on how to contribute to a project all seems to be confusing each other and in the process confusing me, but here I am watching this single video and it's as clear as day 😊

[huntermacias]

Great video! Super easy to follow and helpful to those just getting started with open source contributions

[stefangerman]

Thank you for detailed description of the process! This helped me to make my first Github contribution. Only hiccup I had - I needed to generate token to be able to commit my changes. Thank you again. :)

[harishs]

Wow! I've always wondered how there is no help for someone new to open source. Short and simple steps for one's first commit. Thank you, it was much needed!

[royxss]

Great explanation. Previously, I was always unsure where to start with. Thanks.

[sabarimanikandan]

Thanks for making this video, I've been searching for a video that could help me get started with open source project and this tutorial is just awesome.

[hridayeshsharma]

This is really nice. Contributing to docs is how I started my open source journey.

[okellomarvin]

This is the clearest explanation I've had, am now ready to contribute. Thanks