{"id":1501,"date":"2017-10-10T01:45:52","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T16:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/n8finch2024.local\/?p=1501"},"modified":"2021-03-02T05:32:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T20:32:07","slug":"first-open-source-code-contribution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/n8finch2024.local\/first-open-source-code-contribution\/","title":{"rendered":"My First Open Source Code Contribution"},"content":{"rendered":"
A lot of developers have stickers on their computers. Sometimes the stickers are like pieces of flare. Sometimes, they\u2019re like merit badges. Still, other times the stickers are like a signal flare. Whatever the case, I geek out about them a bit. I see the stickers somewhere in between a merit badge, a piece of flare, and that signal flare.<\/div>\n
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I have one sticker on my laptop:<\/div>\n

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\"https:\/\/opensource.org\/\"<\/a>
See https:\/\/opensource.org\/ for more info.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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This is the logo for Open Source.<\/div>\n
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Open Source code, documentation, and communities mean a lot to me. The only reason I can do the work I do today (web development primarily on WordPress) is because of open source technologies like Linux, PHP, JavaScript, WordPress itself, and a host of tech too numerous to mention. Not only the tech itself, but the communities around it are typically super helpful and welcoming.<\/div>\n
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While there is much more to say about my love for Open Source, I wanted to share a specific example of how I actually made my first code contribution to an open source project.<\/div>\n
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I have a few simple plugins in the WordPress Plugin Repo. I also have a theme in the WordPress Theme Repo, so I have those badges as well. However, these were my own projects, not a contribution to other projects. I have wanted to contribute back to the WordPress project however I could since I started developing four years ago.\u00a0I have contributed a few translated strings to a plugin or two, so I have the Polyglot badge as well. But I\u2019m a develop, and I wanted to contribute code.<\/div>\n
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So, I\u2019ve started looking for ways to get involved. I have looked at the Good First Bugs in for the WordPress project, and will probably work to commit to that soon. However, I have to really go out of my way to check that board out. I\u2019m sure I can subscribe to it\u2026 somewhere…<\/div>\n
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What I do know is that I also try to follow projects that I\u2019m interested in. One of those project (one I use pretty regularly) is WP-CLI. I\u2019ve grown to use WP-CLI for a lot of simple tasks:<\/div>\n
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