Topics in Open Source Development

My Contributions During Hacktoberfest 2018 I got involved with open-source development this September in order to gain valuable experience working with projects that are relevant to me as a software developer and explore the open-source community as a whole. I was fortunate because a month after I started, I learned about Hacktoberfest, which targets new contributors like me and helps them get involved with projects on Github.  Throughout the month of October, my goal was to finish five pull requests that targeted different aspects of open-source. I've achieved my goal with a total of six pull requests (although I consider the 4th and 5th pull request as one because they essentially do the same thing on different directories). In addition to completing these pull requests, I made sure to write blogs about my progress. Summary of Contributions AlgoWiki AlgoWiki is a medium sized project, which focuses on collecting resources surrounding the field of artifici...

Contributing to C_plus_plus_Algos (Part 2) C_plus_plus_Algos is a recently created project on Github (targeting Hacktoberfest) that attempts to accumulate code examples for different algorithms and problems in C++. So far the project has done a great job of accumulating different types of sorts in C++ (linear, merge, radix, bubble... sorts).  However, after contributing the Knapsack problem and its solution in C++ to this project in my previous contribution, I noticed that the structure of the project is very scattered and lacks organization. This is when I thought that it will be beneficial for the project to refactor the repository and create an organized directory structure, have a uniform naming convention for files, and provide instructions for new contributors. Hacktoberfest 2018 This year I am participating in Hacktoberfest. Throughout the month of October, I will need to make 5 pull requests with contributions to one or more projects on Github. This is my third...