Getting started as a contributor

[P Virgo]

Hi folks,

According to the Process for Contributing Code, I should get in touch with you right now.  Hope this is the right place.

I'm looking to get familiar with the platform and get in the practice of improving the codebase and my skillset, as appropriate.  I've got a few years of working with Python on proprietary projects under my belt, along with the requisite comfort around css and html (also some Javascript, but it's not my favorite.)

It looks like the Incremental Improvements tickets are designed for people looking to get on-board; https://openedx.atlassian.net/projects/INCR/issues/INCR-2?filter=allopenissues&orderby=priority%20DESC is a slightly random but plausible(?) entry point.  I haven't jumped into the code or gotten to the technical portion of how you handle pull requests yet, but I've seen that it's there.

Take care.

[mdu...@edx.org]

Hi,

Welcome to the community! Yes, the INCR project is a good place to start as it does not require intimate knowledge of the Open edX codebase, but will still allow you to make meaningful contributions to the platform. If you have any questions, certainly feel free to reach out to this mailing list or to Slack.

Below is a link to our devstack in Github and should help you get started.

https://github.com/edx/devstack

Thanks!

Matt

edX Community Support Engineer