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How to Contribute to Open Source Projects

09-30-20 Melissa Thompson

New to open source? Melissa walks you through how to contribute to an open source project for the first time.

Contributing to open source projects has many benefits, and (especially since Hacktoberfest is starting now) a lot of new developers may be wondering how to get involved. Learn how to contribute to an open source project on GitHub as I walk through an example with one of Sparkbox’s very own open source projects.

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