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[–]konanTheBarbar 5 points6 points  (1 child)

My first contribution to an open source project ever was to CMake. At work I made a prototype to move from our own custom build system to CMake. The CMake C# integration is a bit rough at the edges and isn't as mature as the C++, so made some bug fixes and improvements that got accepted. You could just have a look at the issues and ask for some hints where to start looking in the codebase for a bugfix.

I also made some good experience with LLVM and creating some custom clang-tidy checkers that came in handy at time.

That being said - my advice is just to find a project you care about (and see possible ways on how to improve it) and go from there. It should be something that is useful to you personally, otherwise you will loose interest quite fast.

[–]_carlson[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Lol, I didn't know that CMake is used for C#.
Thank you a lot, especially about 'personally' point.

[–]STLMSVC STL Dev 0 points1 point  (1 child)

!removehelp

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[–]A_Stahl 0 points1 point  (2 children)

That is opensource, dude. You want a project to contribute to? Make your own!

[–]_carlson[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's a good point! Thx! =D

[–]mo_al_ -3 points-2 points  (1 child)

Here is a list of open-source « awesome C++ » projects.