2025-08-14 –, Workshop room 1
Many people have heard and know about open source. However beginner the journey to contribute is often a daunting.
In this tutorial, attendees will be introduced to open source , what it is all about in a short presentation.
How to find and contribute to open source project
Then we will go through contributing to process from forking repository to creating pull request and merging the requests.
The talk is targeted towards beginners in open source and people who want to start contributing.
Break down some challenges for beginners like knowing where to start, fear of making mistakes, scary big codes bases.
Learn how to find projects, issues to contribute to.
At the end the attendees should have made an open source contribution to Django project
I am a software developer, at DataCare Uganda where I use technology to solve problems. I am a Pyladies Kampala coach and mentor where I use my skills and experiences to coach and mentor the community.