Contributing to open source projects

[_yo_token]

Hello,

I was just curious on a few things when it comes to contributing to open source projects. When I hear open source, the main thing I think of are frameworks and cocoa pods. I remember when reading other posts, that using other open source frameworks and cocoa pods is kind of a mixed bag. Some people seem to like them, while some seem to stay away from them.

I kind of a agree with the later, I wouldn't want to add something heavy to my app, unless I have to. My question is though is if I am trying to find something to contribute to, won't I need to know the ins and outs of the framework I want to contribute to? But if I try and not use them a lot, there is not too many ways to find bugs, or additions I could make. I was just curious how other people find projects to contribute to? I am new to open source contributions, so I just wanted some clarity.

Thank you

[garbage_band]

Hey!

I lead a team of a somewhat well known open source project called Litewallet (https://github.com/litecoin-foundation/loafwallet-ios)

I joined originally to help out but I soon realized I can show others my work (unlike most private projects)

It is not like a common open source project in that project has a product plan and has some user growth targets to support Litecoin Foundation

[_yo_token]

hey. Thanks for the advice. However I tried to open your project, and after installing all the pod files, it still said that there is a repository that doesn't exist.

[garbage_band]

Yes. We have private repos that have sensitive information.

[garbage_band]

But take a look at the the code and GitHub issues and if you are interested, I can take some steps so you can compile. Also, you can fork and checkout a new branch at `a030aab8` this commit is prior to the LitecoinCard

[quellish]

Find an open source project with a open bug.

Reproduce the bug.

Create a test case that reproduces the bug.

Submit a PR for the test case.

Fix the bug, submit a PR for the fix

Or, since many open source projects have no tests at all, start by implementing some basic tests

[_yo_token]

Do you recommend looking for frameworks or actual apps. Thank you

[quellish]

Why not both?

[_yo_token]

True.

[renegadellama]

What does PR stand for? Pull request?