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Open-Source Contribution

Licenses, reading a codebase you did not write, issues and bug reports, pull requests, code review and style, and a first contribution to StepVioz.

• Online Python compiler
• Python code visualizer
• Open Source exercises with solutions

1. 1

   What open source is

   Code anyone may read, use, change and share; the licenses that allow it, and the files every project has.

2. 2

   Reading a codebase

   Find your way around code you did not write: start at the entry point, follow one feature, and search.

3. 3

   Issues and bug reports

   Choose an issue to work on, and write a bug report with a minimal reproduction that a maintainer can act on.

4. 4

   Pull requests

   Fork, branch, commit, push and open a pull request; pass the checks, answer the review, and stay up to date.

5. 5

   Code review and style

   What reviewers look for, how style guides and linters help, and how to give and take review well.

6. 6

   Your first contribution

   Contribute to StepVioz itself: how the project is laid out, and how to add a practice problem.