One of the major goals of The Coding Train is to provide a beginner-friendly environment for people to make pull requests and contribute to projects. This guide discusses how to contribute to The Coding Train website. We encourage you to make contributions to this repository, and mistakes and confusions are always welcome. We are here to help!
The Coding Train strives to be a respectful, friendly, and welcoming community. Read our Code of Conduct to learn about what is and is not acceptable.
Get an overview of the project in README. If you are new to open source contributions, here are some useful resources that can help you get started:
- Git and GitHub for Poets: A Coding Train video series for Git and GitHub beginners.
- Collaborating With Pull Requests: A GitHub guide on pull requests.
Here is a guide to the content structure of the website to help you through the process of contributing.
Here are the types of contributions we are looking for:
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Share your creative work inspired by a coding challenge or tutorial in the showcase!
- You can submit your showcase with the Passenger Showcase Form
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Add a new track to the site! (#279)
- “Main Tracks” are sequenced video tutorials that you can follow like a course syllabus. Most of the main tracks are already ported on the site.
- “Side Tracks” are collections of related videos but don’t necessarily need to be watched in order. Is there a collection of videos that go together well that you'd want to be able to share via a single URL? You are welcome to propose and curate side tracks for the website!
- Check out the Content Structure Guide for more information on the content structure for tracks.
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More!
- You can find more things to work on listed in issues.
If you are about to create a new issue, search if an issue already exists regarding the same problem. If a related issue doesn't exist, go ahead and open an issue describing the problem. An issue could be about a bug that you discovered, a suggested change or even a discussion.
To find an issue that you want to fix, scan through the list. You may find that the labels are helpful in this situation. You can use them as a filter as well while searching.
- To make changes to this repository, make sure to fork it and make changes to your fork locally, without harming the original project.
- It is good practice to create a different branch for different changes.
- Commit the changes you are making at every step, and make sure to add good commit messages describing the part you added/changed with that specific commit.
- When you are happy with your changes and are ready to publish them, make a pull request. We will review your suggested changes and hopefully merge them!
Make sure you have Node.js version 20.x as well as npm installed. You can find how to test your changes locally here.