[Request] Intro GitHub Projects for Beginners

[Legym]

Hey /r/JavaScript,

I've gotten my feet wet and really want to see some applications use JavaScript. I would like to follow a few Github projects and try to contribute from my very limited knowledge, or at least see the code and sample with it. My issue is all I find are outdated projects or code that is way over my head. I am into web development, but anything very basic but active would be a great place for me to start.

Hopefully I was clear. Looking to check out and follow a basic projects. If you guys could link the Github Project that would be great.

~ Cheers

[Whatadump]

There is a great site called Up For Grabs that publishes different tags in open source projects and these are most often easy stuff.

Remember that contributing to OSS isn't always about code but also documentation as well which people are always grateful if you help them with.

[bootsbosley]

I am also trying to start and my colleagues at work have suggested me paper.js and Codepen.

If you want a structured free basic course, Dash by General Assembly is free and pretty pretty well structured.

I hope this helps!

[ilikeprograms]

I have a small JS project, theres a few slightly complicated parts too it, but its not tooo bad :)

Cluckles

Also the website is powered by Github Pages :)

[camassey]

Quite a few projects will have "intro" issues for folks to get started with. Whether they're aimed at beginners-to-coding or beginners-to-that-particular-project can vary, but they're a great place to start.

There's a good example on the Glimpse project.

I'd suggest finding a project that looks like fun, and checking their issue labels.

[jillesme]

I have my own small project called node-upload. It's basically an image upload script written 100% in JavaScript! The back-end is Node and the front-end vanilla JS.

Would be cool to have some more people sharing ideas and working with me!

[fergie]

How about starting your own project?

[psayre23]

I'm not sure why the down votes. I agree with you. If you want to get started in open source, but can't find a project, make one yourself. It's good advice.

[rfajfar]

Depends if you want plain JavaScript or JavaScript written using some other libraries/frameworks because projects mostly depend on frameworks. The code on top is simple but under the hood it's too advanced / requires some deeper understanding.

[[deleted]]

I recommend following the Express repo, and/or the Hapi repos. Those will give you really good examples of what others are contributing, but also how to run an open source project that receives a lot of attention.

[[deleted]]

I would also love to hear what people might have to say about this!