Embracing Open Source

Thank you for attending my talk! Here is a list of resources to help you get started with open source.

Helpful links for getting started

• Beginnger's Guide on Contributing to Open Sourse: FreeCodeCamp
• Open Sauced: structured onboarding for new contributors
• opensource.guide: learn more about how to contribute to open source
• Kent C. Dodds on open source

Finding a Project to Contribute to

• First Timers Only: great all-round resource
• codetriage.com: find open source projects to contribute to
• Awesome for Beginners: a curated list of first-time projects for beginners, listed by language
• Up for Grabs: another list!
• first contributions: guides beginners into making their first contribution
• contributor.ninja: a list of issues categorised by language
• opensourcefriday.com
• hacktoberfest.com

Recommended reading/learning

• opensource.com
• Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software
• Eric Steven Raymond's The Cathedral and the Bazaar
• Becoming a good open-source citizen by Hugh Lashbrooke
• TED Talks on Open Source
• Video: Steve Fisher - What Can We Learn From Open Source
• Course: Fundamentals of Professional Open Source Management: a free course from the Linux Foundation
• 2023 State of Open Source Report
• GitHub Tips & Tricks
• The Secret of Why Open Source Works

Projects I Recommend

• Svelte & SvelteKit
• React & Gatsby
• Cypress & Playwright
• WordPress
• Drupal

Links to projects I'm working on

I'm @mikachan on GitHub. I'm happy to be pinged to answer questions or review a PR.

• Gutenberg: good first issues & needs testing (WordPress block editor: JavaScript, PHP, React, CSS)
• Create Block Theme (WordPress plugin: JavaScript, PHP, React, CSS)
• WordPress Playground (WordPress WASM: JavaScript, CSS, TypeScript)