Hacktober-what-now?
Hacktoberfest: It’s like Octoberfest but with a lot more focus on code and open-source projects.
Here’s a quick little intro to the event:
Hacktoberfest is a celebration of Open Source software. It’s a collaboration between Digital Ocean and Github where they reward contributors to open source projects with a free t-shirt if they contribute during October, you can read a lot more on their official website.
Following the smashing success we had when we participated in the event last year, we’re going to do the same this year!
Umbraco CMS is open-source, and our Documentation is open-source - No reason not to join in on this month-long celebration by contributing to your favourite CMS and win some great swag while you’re at it! 🎉
Why contribute to an open-source project?
Oh, there are SO many benefits to contributing to an open-source project!
Contributing to open source software will make you a better person because:
- You expand your skillset
- It is good for your career (don’t tell your boss, but this becomes part of your public resumé)
- You will start building a network - you get to talk to Umbraco community members and HQ and... it‘s good to get to know people!
- You’ll learn things you never knew, you’ll unlearn things you never knew you should
- Your contribution will impact thousands of people and you can boast to people: Oh yeah, that bug... I helped fix that 😎
We at Umbraco are super excited that we can give you the unique opportunity to learn something, have some fun, fix something that you’ve always been annoyed about and contribute something back to the software you enjoy using. And hereby also help the hundreds of thousands of other users of Umbraco!
Oh, and of course receiving that wonderful reward of some swag during this Hacktoberfest month.
So, go get your Git on and contribute!
How do I contribute?
That’s an excellent question!
Depending on which project you’ll be contributing to, we have guidelines for you to follow:
If you don’t already have an idea on what to do to contribute, there are some issues that may help on the CMS issues and Documentation issues boards.
Most of what’s on these lists are things you can start working on! We’ve also added “up-for-grabs” and “help wanted” labels to some of them.
Once you pick something to work on, leave a comment and say you will be working on it if no one else has done so!
“Help Wanted” PRs
On the Documentation Repository, we’ve created several “Help Wanted” issues, which are all collections of articles that need to be verified against the latest Umbraco version - Umbraco 8.
It would be umbazing if you would help us go through some of the articles:
Umbraco CMS issues:
We are also very excited to hear about the great contributions you have. Please share these with us by tweeting @umbraco - and remember #umbracoDocs, if you’ve contributed to our Documentation.
