How To Get Started With Open Source

Getting started in open source is intimidating. It seems daunting jumping into an unfamiliar world so in this video I will guide you through the process of finding your first issue and creating your first pull request.
🧠 Concepts Covered:
- How to find a good first issue
- How to create a pull request
- How to fork a repository
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⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:08 - Finding Good Repos/Issues
02:27 - How To Find Contribution Rules
04:08 - Finding An Issue
05:25 - Making Your Changes
08:36 - Making A Pull Request
11:19 - Merging A Pull Request
12:49 - Outro
#OpenSource #WDS #GitHub

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  • @divyanshagarwal993
    @divyanshagarwal9933 жыл бұрын

    I think an extension to this video that you can make is how to keep your local fork updated with the main repo and stuff like rebasing etc, since an actually meaningful PR isn't going to get merged right away and until it does get accepted the main repo is bound to change and thus dealing with branches and keeping your local fork updated can get tricky at times.

  • @whoman7930

    @whoman7930

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, that's what I was thinking. This really needs a second part

  • @krishgarg2806

    @krishgarg2806

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's exactly what I was looking for. I want to know what to do if in the meanwhile they make changes to the original repo.

  • @amitkumargupta-

    @amitkumargupta-

    2 жыл бұрын

    This seems more of Git topics than OSS topics.

  • @aceborja1656
    @aceborja1656 Жыл бұрын

    I just make my first pull request just now. I really appreciate your video, easy to follow and greatly simplified!

  • @nsharma4981
    @nsharma49813 жыл бұрын

    I hadn't contributed to OS till now, since it seemed rather intimidating, and all other videos explaining this were too long to sustain my interest. Thanks to you, I understood this stuff in just 13 minutes! And you make it seem soo easy. I know I sound like a broken record, but really, you're the best teacher one could ask for, Kyle! 😄

  • @divyanshagarwal993
    @divyanshagarwal9933 жыл бұрын

    I'm glad you waited until October end to publish this video or else a lot of people would misuse this video to gain some easy PR merges lol

  • @palashrathore6277

    @palashrathore6277

    3 жыл бұрын

    don't forget there is another October coming in 12 months!

  • @user-cn1rz3ft4q

    @user-cn1rz3ft4q

    3 жыл бұрын

    What do u mean?

  • @sirajmussafirr147

    @sirajmussafirr147

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@user-cn1rz3ft4q hacktober fest 😂

  • @zawadahmed5484
    @zawadahmed54843 жыл бұрын

    I can't explain just how much I learned from a single 13 minutes video ❤️

  • @hectortorres6567
    @hectortorres65672 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, this was, in my opinion, a legit step-by-step instruction on how to contribute! I really appreciate it!

  • @phantomproduction5757
    @phantomproduction5757 Жыл бұрын

    Straight to the point, Just what I needed. Thanks, man.

  • @CodeWithTomi
    @CodeWithTomi3 жыл бұрын

    I've been waiting for something like this. Thanks a lot

  • @tonypatriota6408

    @tonypatriota6408

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bro would you give me some tips on an open source project I want to start?...

  • @saideepesh6036
    @saideepesh60363 жыл бұрын

    I think the most imp thing in contributing to open-source(beginners) is understanding the issues and writing code that solves the issue

  • @breakinggreatness1010
    @breakinggreatness10103 жыл бұрын

    This is very helpful. I have spent many hours solving GIT issues, so this is a very good explanation - nice job 👍

  • @JimKernix
    @JimKernix2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much! I just started looking into contributing to open source and I didn't really know how to do it. For beginners to web design and development, there is so much to learn that it can be overwhelming.

  • @tcheuffayvan6422
    @tcheuffayvan64223 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Kyle for this great guide.

  • @nicklandreth2527
    @nicklandreth25273 жыл бұрын

    I searched you just to find your courses. Then there was this video with exactly what I need to learn waiting.

  • @renu3463
    @renu34633 жыл бұрын

    The most clear explanation of Open Sourcing on whole of KZread

  • @henry_9
    @henry_93 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much! This is exactly the information that I need!

  • @code-ugaming8364
    @code-ugaming83642 жыл бұрын

    Hands down the best explanation!!

  • @SeniorJuniorDeveloper
    @SeniorJuniorDeveloper Жыл бұрын

    Awesome video, very clear and helpful as always thanks!

  • @simaqshanavas1624
    @simaqshanavas16243 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Kyle everything is so simple

  • @prashoonbhattacharjee8211
    @prashoonbhattacharjee82113 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Kyle for this Informative video!!🙂

  • @jixiangli4752
    @jixiangli47523 жыл бұрын

    This is really helpful to me. Thanks so much Kyle

  • @jamesomina4119
    @jamesomina4119Ай бұрын

    I love this Tutorial, well explained, Great!

  • @ameyakeskar5577
    @ameyakeskar55773 жыл бұрын

    Wow!! Thanks a lot Kyle ❤

  • @hugobqd
    @hugobqd3 жыл бұрын

    Perfect, as always!

  • @average-dev69
    @average-dev69 Жыл бұрын

    I had to realize all of this just by myself a couple of weeks ago but it's good to look twice at some of those steps.

  • @Amar11115
    @Amar11115 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks. I was searching for just time concept.

  • @nairobidenver3348
    @nairobidenver3348 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!!

  • @mehtabahmed6092
    @mehtabahmed6092 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, always a great fan of you!

  • @elmersbalm5219
    @elmersbalm5219 Жыл бұрын

    This video should be recommended viewing every April 1st.

  • @stevenchung934
    @stevenchung9343 жыл бұрын

    Great explanation, thank you!

  • @isaacopeyemirobert7868
    @isaacopeyemirobert78688 ай бұрын

    Ohh Thanks a lot Kyle.. this is just the perfect video to get into open source.

  • @shishirkumar9014
    @shishirkumar90146 ай бұрын

    Thank you for creating this helpful video

  • @shridharsarraf2188
    @shridharsarraf2188 Жыл бұрын

    This was so simply explained by you. Awesome kyle awesome 👍👏👏

  • @NehaKumari-dr7gs
    @NehaKumari-dr7gs3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for explaining this topic

  • @Shailendrakumar-ge5cf
    @Shailendrakumar-ge5cf Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing , this was one of the best videos that helped me to understand how to open source for beginners ♥

  • @alecn4115
    @alecn4115 Жыл бұрын

    This video is amazing, your explanation was very clear and easy to understand, now I can start contributing to open source in PHP 😁 thank you

  • @muhendis_
    @muhendis_7 ай бұрын

    this was an awesome video, thank you so much

  • @metal0opa
    @metal0opa2 жыл бұрын

    Thank You so much!!

  • @ashikmahmud4076
    @ashikmahmud40762 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! this video is helpful lot for me!!

  • @jayanand8068
    @jayanand8068 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent video right onto the point 👌👌👌

  • @azatecas
    @azatecas3 жыл бұрын

    hey Kyle, could you do a Careers based video, how to properly apply to companies and what kind of projects to showcase to impress recruiters. You once stated you had experience interviewing and soft skills is something important to master for developers as well. I only ask because i feel the burnout from applying to so many places. Love your content regardless

  • @acticfl

    @acticfl

    3 жыл бұрын

    he already made a video about what projects would help your resume

  • @ashleypean

    @ashleypean

    3 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/oaCpu5hsY9XRl6w.html

  • @FreedomForKashmir
    @FreedomForKashmir Жыл бұрын

    I liked the way you compared with react along the way ... it made it more realistic and meaningful

  • @navidkh1883
    @navidkh18832 жыл бұрын

    Appreciate it for the video 🌹

  • @anshulanand02
    @anshulanand02 Жыл бұрын

    This was awesome!

  • @melikekecelioglu6883
    @melikekecelioglu68832 жыл бұрын

    my fav video on KZread

  • @mehdi1193
    @mehdi11933 жыл бұрын

    Big thanks from Morocco

  • @rivondavetech
    @rivondavetech Жыл бұрын

    Thanks very much

  • @amritdhandharia1333
    @amritdhandharia13332 жыл бұрын

    I absolutely love you channel.

  • @iambrijeshtoo
    @iambrijeshtoo Жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @sradanbiri6344
    @sradanbiri63443 жыл бұрын

    Very well Thanks bro

  • @rubenuijtde
    @rubenuijtde3 жыл бұрын

    This is such a great guide again, Kyle!

  • @tonypatriota6408

    @tonypatriota6408

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bro would you give me some tips on an open source project I want to start?...

  • @kishanpatel6113
    @kishanpatel61133 жыл бұрын

    Great video 👌

  • @bhagyashingale5663
    @bhagyashingale56633 жыл бұрын

    Amazing stuff

  • @prateeksingh5394
    @prateeksingh53943 жыл бұрын

    Very helpful

  • @shadsleek_b3551
    @shadsleek_b35513 жыл бұрын

    Good content .. keep up

  • @acemusiq900
    @acemusiq9002 жыл бұрын

    Bro I fucking love your channel.. I just started my game project cause of you!! You fucking Rock bro!!!!!!!

  • @arindam1249
    @arindam12493 жыл бұрын

    Great 👌🏻❤️

  • @deonrich3149
    @deonrich31493 жыл бұрын

    Youre my favorite AI kyle

  • @st.deykun
    @st.deykun3 жыл бұрын

    What I still did not google out is the way to updated our forked repository after few months to solve the second issue.

  • @viktorshatalov1920
    @viktorshatalov19203 жыл бұрын

    Все круто. Спасибо.

  • @ankitshrivastava3672
    @ankitshrivastava36723 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video,i like it... but what should i do as maintainer of a project when i get a pull Request but showing that... there is a merge conflict I'm learning, so correct me if if i'm not asking correctly

  • @ojinnakanjeze2980
    @ojinnakanjeze29802 жыл бұрын

    Good video

  • @mikesantiago_
    @mikesantiago_ Жыл бұрын

    In this example, is the branch really necessary? Can't the forked version master merge with the original repo's master via pull request?

  • @krithiksankar7753
    @krithiksankar77533 жыл бұрын

    Good first issues in most popular repos always seem to be taken/ assigned to someone else and considering good first issue don't show up very often it makes it harder to get started in those projects. Any suggestions ?

  • @krithiksankar7753

    @krithiksankar7753

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Ivan got it, thanks!

  • @spongechameleon6940

    @spongechameleon6940

    3 жыл бұрын

    I’ve seen the same, so instead of hunting for issues I just found something that I would be interested in using, and after messin around found some bugs myself. Pretty boring but my PR got accepted, so o guess it’s a good way to start

  • @krithiksankar7753

    @krithiksankar7753

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@spongechameleon6940 I'll try that, thanks!

  • @jlav2170
    @jlav21703 жыл бұрын

    Why didnt you merge main with fix-typo ? And then push to origin

  • @bunnybloods768
    @bunnybloods7683 жыл бұрын

    Bro, if you dont mind. Can you tell me. At what age you started learning this all programming and how many years took you to understand all concepts? Please bro.

  • @gawi834
    @gawi8343 жыл бұрын

    what kind of CMD do you use

  • @jomy10-games
    @jomy10-games2 жыл бұрын

    What should I do with my fork of the project after a pull request has been settled?

  • @debnathmriganka2010
    @debnathmriganka20102 жыл бұрын

    any Idea of Cost, Quotation and estimator Software (Open Source) for Printing and packaging Industries?

  • @kushalshukla444
    @kushalshukla4442 жыл бұрын

    hey kyle, after cloning the code in my computer ,its hard to read .i mean there are lots of folder and files where to start .

  • @yenespace406
    @yenespace406 Жыл бұрын

    I might sound "STEWPED" but it's just am a newbie. Can I use source code (for mobile app) and change the Ui completely and also remove/add slight things and later give it a new name? or is it that opensource is only for contributing to the app to be better only?

  • @pikachu-zt9fq

    @pikachu-zt9fq

    Жыл бұрын

    That's a great idea. I'm not a Android developer but this does sound brilliant

  • @usama57926
    @usama579263 жыл бұрын

    *Interesting...*

  • @7heRequiem
    @7heRequiem8 ай бұрын

    But wont cloning whole projects such as React would have a very large file size for all the codes when as beginners we might only need to edit few codes?

  • @kamaravichow
    @kamaravichow3 жыл бұрын

    You forgot about scary conflicts

  • @MohAmuza
    @MohAmuza Жыл бұрын

    you didn't answer my question when you create a branch, let say I modified a method, how can I run that code?

  • @caitlinsvlogsz123
    @caitlinsvlogsz1233 жыл бұрын

    I've had this problem in vs code with my node.js. Whenever I use document.getElementById or anything else using document it says document in undefined in the console. Can someone please help me solve the problem. I don't know what else to do. Thanks in advanced!

  • @joelqrq

    @joelqrq

    3 жыл бұрын

    You can join his discord and ask your question there

  • @meyw207

    @meyw207

    3 жыл бұрын

    document essentially relates to the DOM of the web browser. Which is the client. Nodejs is a server side programming language which does not recognize this syntax. But still there are ways you can make it work if you really need it but it's not the best practice. If you need to use document, it's best to use that in your front-end files, ex: index.js. Hope this helps!! :)

  • @julianriedinger2540
    @julianriedinger25402 жыл бұрын

    How do i continue from here if i am the owner of the project? Should i clone again to have all the new changes being made?

  • @hopcfizl3671
    @hopcfizl36713 жыл бұрын

    The video you mentioned doesn't show how to set it up

  • @ahmmadawshaf
    @ahmmadawshaf3 жыл бұрын

    I use Gitlab over GitHub, so can I still contribute to open sources or do I need to switch to GitHub?

  • @ahmmadawshaf

    @ahmmadawshaf

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Ivan thank you for the clarification!

  • @fuseteam

    @fuseteam

    3 жыл бұрын

    no you do not have to switch to github, it's actually easier build things on gitlab

  • @fuseteam

    @fuseteam

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Ivan that's not completely true, gitlab is simply younger than github. for example gitlab offers premium features for free to opensource projects which allows the small projects like ubports to build software on gitlab servers

  • @fuseteam

    @fuseteam

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Ivan yeah i said not "completely true" because there must be some basis for people to say this; you're not the only one who makes this statement. but i have to say that many open source project actually migrated to gitlab after microsoft bough github ;)

  • @fuseteam

    @fuseteam

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Ivan yep pretty much xD i also use both fwiw ;3

  • @omzer97
    @omzer973 жыл бұрын

    Why you forked? can't you just clone and do the same stuff (open PR and update it)?

  • @DevProTips

    @DevProTips

    3 жыл бұрын

    If you don't have permission to write to the project, you won't be able to push your changes (you must be a maintainer). When you create a fork, you'll be able to push changes and then you can make a pull request requesting that your fork be merged with the original project.

  • @omzer97

    @omzer97

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@DevProTips Thanks, that was helpful

  • @saketaryan2227
    @saketaryan2227 Жыл бұрын

    2 years ago react had 30k stars !!!

  • @urbanostudio9754
    @urbanostudio97543 жыл бұрын

    Hey buddy just a quick suggestion. Please make a video on react and explain how to sort an array object by name, date, ascending and descending order by selecting from an option?

  • @ramiyushuvaev
    @ramiyushuvaev3 жыл бұрын

    For all the FrontEnd developers with advanced CSS skills, looking for a library to contribute to, checkout my new CSS framework: github.com/ChartsCSS/charts.css It allows you to turn your HTML table to a chart using CSS classes. Like bootstrap but for charts. Read more at ChartsCSS.org/

  • @renu3463
    @renu34633 жыл бұрын

    13:00 subscribed to the channel for more videos juuust like this😁

  • @WebDevSimplified

    @WebDevSimplified

    3 жыл бұрын

    Welcome!

  • @renu3463

    @renu3463

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@WebDevSimplified I mean more Open Sourcing content on this channel

  • @WebDevSimplified

    @WebDevSimplified

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well I don't have much more content directly linked to OSS on my channel but if you want OSS content check out Eddie Jauode

  • @renu3463

    @renu3463

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@WebDevSimplified great🌟

  • @leandrogonzalezcuello9942
    @leandrogonzalezcuello99423 жыл бұрын

    Lol, i just search for this on google, to collaborate on documentation

  • 2 жыл бұрын

    Someone can recommend me some open sources projects for joining, I have 5 years of experiencies as a Php/Mysql/Js Developer, but I haven't worked in an open source project yet. Thanks in advance

  • @shawnlee6775

    @shawnlee6775

    2 жыл бұрын

    Svelte/Sveltekit. There are a lot of issues to solve there.

  • @nikhilmwarrier7948
    @nikhilmwarrier79483 жыл бұрын

    Hey Kyle! Please go and check that wds-oss-example/oss-example repo again....

  • @RahulAhire
    @RahulAhire3 жыл бұрын

    You should custom your GitHub theme. Scott tolenski have made a video on it

  • @kleinmarb4362
    @kleinmarb436211 ай бұрын

    THATS DA FOKIN BIGGEST WAVE IVE EVER SEEN BROOTHH

  • @tomzhao8262
    @tomzhao82623 жыл бұрын

    Hey Kyle, when will you come out?

  • @SmedleyButler1
    @SmedleyButler13 жыл бұрын

    Do ANY "open source" reviewers EVER comment on updates being "clean" anywhere? NOBODY talks about updates ACTUALLY being examined and vetted. Should it be called "assumed safe" source?

  • @samuelhulme8347
    @samuelhulme83473 жыл бұрын

    Basically all ready understood Github, also gitlab is similar

  • @numofrancis5176
    @numofrancis5176 Жыл бұрын

    Web dev simplified ampa

  • @omegamotivation144
    @omegamotivation1443 жыл бұрын

    First!

  • @sid5733
    @sid57333 жыл бұрын

    first

  • @ricardomorales9413
    @ricardomorales94133 жыл бұрын

    Wow... you're really handsome.

  • @harshjain8139
    @harshjain8139 Жыл бұрын

    Bro I would recommmend to change your video thumbnail

  • @siddharthtanwar1529
    @siddharthtanwar15292 жыл бұрын

    He has a porcupine on his head.

  • @VH-eq2ci
    @VH-eq2ci3 жыл бұрын

    At 1:37 stop the video and look at the bottom 2 developer second name. Thank me later :D

  • @dopamine_Seeker
    @dopamine_Seeker3 жыл бұрын

    I have a question, why you waste your time making video instead of making any A.I based software or working in google?

  • @stark.aritra
    @stark.aritra3 жыл бұрын

    Such a clickbait video. This is just a how to make a pull request tutorial. Nothing about this is open source contribution related.

  • @WebDevSimplified

    @WebDevSimplified

    3 жыл бұрын

    This video shows a complete beginner how to find an open source repository, how to find the contributing guide, how to find a good first issue, how to fork and clone an open source repository, how to make changes and commit them, and then finally after all that it shows how to make a pull request. Making a pull request is only one small segment of this video and it is a crucial step in contributing to open source.

  • @aammssaamm

    @aammssaamm

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@WebDevSimplified Then it should be called "Get started with GIT". Open source is not a repository.

  • @ripern

    @ripern

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@aammssaamm How much was about getting started with Git?

  • @meyw207

    @meyw207

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well, just don't watch the video.. Solved!

  • @aammssaamm

    @aammssaamm

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@meyw207 Well, just don't read comments.. Solved!