Make your First Contribution here!

New to Open Source?
New to Github?
Don't know where to Start?
Don't know how to Start?

Here is the One Stop Solution for Every Newcomer!

1. Begin with learning about Git and Github! How it works and learn about the various Commands.

You can take any one of the following courses/videos. One is just sufficient. If you want you take more than one too!

1.1 Here are some Youtube Tutorials/Videos

• Git and Github for Poets by The Coding Train (It's for everyone and not just poets :P)
• What is Git | What is GitHub | Git Tutorial | GitHub Tutorial | Devops Tutorial | Edureka

1.2 Here are some Free Courses

• Pick any Free Udemy Course for learning Git
• Version Control with Git by Udacity

2. Contribute Here! Follow these steps (Better try it yourself first!)

2.1 Fork this Repository (commonly called as Repo)

Fork this Repo by clicking on the Fork button on the top of this page. This will create a copy of this Repo in your Github account.

2.2 Clone this Repo Locally

• Go to your GitHub account and to this forked Repo, click on the Clone or Download button and then click the Copy to Clipboard Icon.
• Now open Command Line/Terminal.
• Switch to the Directory where you want to Clone this Repo.
• Run this Command

  git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/Hello-World.git
  

2.3 Create a branch

Change to the Repo directory on your Computer by running

cd Hello-World

Now create a branch

git checkout -b <branch-name>

A good way to name your branch is # For example:

git checkout -b shreya#1

2.4 Make necessary changes

• Go to Contributors directory
• Create a file
• Write about Yourself (in any Language)
  • Name
  • School/College you are studying at or Company you are working at
  • Your github username or link to your github profile
  • Anything else you want to write
    Check Sample
• Save the File

2.5 Commit the Changes

• git status
• git add <file-names>
• git commit -m "Contribution by <your-username>"

2.6 Push the Changes to Github

• git push origin <branch-name>

2.7 Submit the Pull Request

• Go to your Hello-World Repo on GitHub
• Click Compare & Pull Request button.
• Click Create Pull Request

After you are done with this check the Open Issues in this repo or other repos of Novice Paradigm and continue Contributing!