DPS909 & OSD600 Fall 2019 - Lab 3

Getting Ready for Hacktoberfest

Due Date

Friday Sept 27 before midnight.

Introduction

This lab will help prepare you for Release 0.2, participating in Hacktoberfest.

Our goal is to make a plan for what you'll work on, and to set some personal goals.

Step 1: Read Release 0.2

Begin by reading Release 0.2, and familiarize yourself with what's expected for this assignment.

Step 2: Set some Personal Goals

Think about what your goals will be during October. You are expected to "progress" as you work. What will progress mean for you? For example, you might:

• learn a new programming language
• use your ability in a language other than English to help do translations
• get involved in a project that you find interesting
• work on code fixes that relate to some programming topic that you love
• learn more about how to use git
• meet new people in a particular community
• see your code ship in a project/product you use every day
• help mentor other people as they work on fixes
• work with other developers in the class or across the globe
• do something that seems hard or scary to you right now

Come up with at least 2 goals for yourself. Make sure they are something you can commit to in the time you have. Don't set yourself up for failure by aiming too high. Open source is all about small, incremental steps. Success breeds success.

Step 3: Find Projects/Issues to Work On

With your goals in mind, use the links in the Release 0.2 doc to start finding suitable Projects and Issues to work on during October. Find at least 3 possible Issues you'd be interested in attempting. NOTE: it's OK if you don't end up working on these, but it's good to have a start. You can also give them to other students if they need an issue.

Step 4: Blog

Write a blog post that discusses everything you did, decided, and found in Steps 1-3 above. Talk about how you'll approach Hacktoberfest and your 2+ goals. Why did you choose them? Why are they important to you? What will you do to achieve them? How will you measure your own progress?

Talk about the projects and issues (3+) you found. Why did you pick them? What will you do in order to prepare yourself to start working on the fixes?

Submission

Complete the steps above and then add your information to the table below.

Name	Blog Post (URL)
Example Name	https://examplestudent.wordpress.com/2019/09/05/getting-ready-for-hacktoberfest/
Cheng-Tuo Shueh	https://osstudent.blogspot.com/2019/09/lab-3-hacktoberfest-and-very-scary.html
Robert Begna	https://robertbegnatechblog.wordpress.com/2019/09/26/dps909-lab-3-finding-possible-issues-for-release-0-2/
Wajeeh Sheikh	https://opensourcebywajeehsheikh.blogspot.com/2019/09/hacktoberfest-and-open-source-goals.html
Hansal Bachkaniwala	https://medium.com/@hansal7014/getting-ready-for-hacktoberfest-1a181bec65c2
Sarika Hanif	https://medium.com/@shanif5/attempting-hacktoberfest-ded18624af46
Sina Lahsaee	https://opensourceprojects19.blogspot.com/2019/09/hacktoberfest.html
Ehsan Ekbatani	https://eekbatani.blogspot.com/2019/09/hacktoberfest-my-first-of-many.html
Ngoc Nam Khang Nguyen	https://khangnguyenopensource.blogspot.com/2019/09/hackto.html
Hansol Cho	https://medium.com/@hansol.cho613/getting-ready-for-hacktoberfest-9436b7f6798c?sk=0026f9423e46433fd9b491f147f193ad
Bruno Alexander Cremonese de Morais	https://bacmme.blogspot.com/2019/09/hacktoberfest-2019-my-first-open-source.html
Andre Luiz Valle-Rosa	https://medium.com/@andrewvrosa/the-hacktober-fest-challenge-f85ce7e95fb7
David Medeiros	https://discoveropensource.blogspot.com/2019/09/hacktoberfest-my-entrance-to-real-world.html
Jordan Hui	https://jhuiosd600.blogspot.com/2019/09/preparing-for-hacktoberfest.html
Varshan Nagarajan	https://varshannagarajan.wordpress.com/2019/09/27/lets-start-hacking/
Jayson Sherry	https://mlforiphone.blogspot.com/2019/09/hacktoberfest-is-just-around-corner.html
Minyi Chen	https://karlachen.blogspot.com/2019/09/hacktoberfest2019-is-coming.html
Jacob Shuman	https://medium.com/@jacobshuman7/hacktoberfest-arriving-soon-8607d912320a?sk=7358b514f193901e7d3eb3e2beed10e8
Bowei Yao	https://ragnarokatz.wordpress.com/2019/09/27/hacktoberfest/
Ryan Wilson	https://medium.com/@rwilson31/hacktoberfest-approaches-63f75083ad5
Brett Dennis	https://ultimaopensource.wordpress.com/2019/09/27/hacktoberfest-prep/
Julie Philip James	https://juliephilipjames.wordpress.com/2019/09/27/getting-ready-for-hacktoberfest/?preview=true
Neil Ong	https://neilong31.wordpress.com/2019/09/25/hacktober-fest/
Carlos A. Gomez	https://cagomezr.wordpress.com/2019/09/27/hacktober-do-it-you-wont-regret-it/
Adith Syam	https://adithsyam2.blogspot.com/2019/09/hacktoberfest-hacktoberfest-is-here-i.html
Kartik Budhiraja	https://kartikopensource.wordpress.com/2019/09/27/hacktoberfest-fever/
Gia Tuong Tran	https://giatuongtran.wordpress.com/2019/09/27/hacktoberfest/
Wing Tung Lau	https://aprilprogrammer.blogspot.com/2019/09/hacktoberfest-2019.html
Jatin Arora	https://jatinoopensource.wordpress.com/2019/09/25/lab-3-hacktoberfest-preperations/
Cindy Le	https://cindyledev.wordpress.com/2019/09/27/osd-600-lab-3-hacktoberfest/
Timothy Morris	https://medium.com/@tjmorris56/preparing-for-hacktoberfest-352ae84fbe51
Xin (Jack) Nian	https://jacknian.wordpress.com/2019/09/28/hacktoberfest/
Krystyna Lopez	https://klopez8.blogspot.com/2019/09/hacktoberfest.html
Paul Luu	https://paulopensourceblog.wordpress.com/2019/09/27/goals-for-hacktoberfest/
Thomas Luu	https://thomasopensourceblog.wordpress.com/2019/09/28/hacktoberfest-pre-party-the-issue-hunt-begins/
Haichuan He	https://medium.com/@haichuan0424/upcoming-hacktoberfest-5cc30166b1d3
Muqing Li	https://muqingli.wordpress.com/2019/09/28/find-some-issues-to-work-on/