Use this project to make your first contribution to an open source project on GitHub. Practice making your first Pull Request to a public repository before doing the real thing!

Celebrate HacktoberFest by getting involved in the Open Source Community by completing some simple tasks in this project.

This is a Public Repository open to all members of the GitHub Community. Any member of the community may contribute to this project without being a collaborator.

https://alicewonderland.github.io/hacktoberfest/

A month-long celebration from October 1st - 31st to get people involved in Open Source. Create your very first Pull Request to any Public Repository on GitHub and contribute to the Open Source Developer Community.

Here is an example of a HacktoberFest contest from DigitalOcean - https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/.

Here are 3 quick and painless ways to contribute to this project:

• Add your name to the CONTRIBUTORS.md file
• Add a Profile Page to the profiles directory
• Create a simple 'Hello, World' script in a language of your choice

Choose one or all 3, make a Pull Request for your work, wait for it to be merged!

• Fork this repository (Click the Fork button in the top right of this page, click your Profile Image)
• Clone your fork down to your local machine

git clone https://github.com/your-username/hacktoberfest.git

• Create a branch

git checkout -b add-your-name

• Make your changes
• Commit and Push

git add .
git commit -m 'commit message'
git push origin branch-name

• Create a New Pull Request from your forked repository (Click the New Pull Request button located at the top of your repo)
• Wait for your PR review and merge approval!
• Star this repository if you had fun!

Add your name to the CONTRIBUTORS.md file using the below convention:

#### Name: [YOUR NAME](GitHub Link)
- Place: City, State, Country
- Bio: Who are you?
- GitHub: [Your Name](GitHub Link)

Add a Your_Name.md file to the profiles directory. Use any combination of content and markdown you'd like. Here is an example:

# Your Name

### Academics

Your School

### Interests

- Some Things You Like

### Development

- Inventor of the My Pillow

### Projects

- [My Project](GitHub Link) Short Description

### Profile Link

[Your Name](GitHub Link)

Add a script to the scripts directory in any language of your choice! Here is an example:

// LANGUAGE: Javascript
// ENV: Node.js
// AUTHOR: Alice Chuang
// GITHUB: https://github.com/AliceWonderland

console.log('Hello, World!');

Here is a great tutorial for creating your first Pull Request by Roshjan Jossey https://github.com/Roshanjossey/first-contributions

Checkout this list for README examples - Awesome README

Github-Flavored Markdown https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/