Welcome to the Hacktoberfest 2022 thread!
#Hacktoberfest 2022
spare root
Feel free to use this thread for asking for any questions relating to Hacktoberfest, including general questions. While it may be easier to communicate in the specific issues your working on, this is intended a be another space for getting more general help. No need to tag anyone - we'll get back as soon as we can!
spare root
Hacktoberfest Intro steram going live in 30 minutes! Just making sure this chat shows up clearly in the list 🙂
grave summit
Hey guys I'm new to coding, I started around the end of August in CircuitPython. Also this is my first Hacktober so not really sure how it works but I would love to contribute. Do I need to claim an issue before doing it? I was thinking of doing the I2C PR.
wide lodge
I don't think so @grave summit it's first fixed first served. 😛 Fix what you can. All issues tagged with Hacktoberfest are good ones to tackle.
spare root
@grave summit If you want to write a comment in the issue letting people know you've got it covered, it might help others know, but it isn't required - you can just submit a pull request for it as well 🙂
I'll have a video up this weekend with some of the basics, as well
grave summit
I don't think so <@841664421146394664> it's first fixed first served. 😛 Fix wha...
Its a race!!! 
grave summit
<@841664421146394664> If you want to write a comment in the issue letting peopl...
Sounds good, Thanks really excited to get involved and learn more about coding!
wide lodge
Commenting on the GitHub issue is a way to reserve it I guess. Maybe leave a #hacktober hashtag on it. Everyone around here is really nice and plays well together. If you want to claim an issue that might actually help prevent simultaneous work from happening. Keep in mind if a developer needs to swoop in and fix something because it’s affecting something else I could see that happening but they usually live pretty deep. Usability bugs are lower hanging fruit vs fatal bugs the devs handle.
spare root
Yeah, when I was looking through the First Good Issues, there were maybe only a couple that were like that. And they weren't for super popular libraries so it's not something you should stress about. As far as I remember none of them are an All Hands On Deck issues, at least for the libraries. The core, I have no idea 😄
grave summit
Thanks guys for all your help. I did get the impression that this is a great community and that everyone is really nice. which is why i wanted to make sure i don't step on anyone's toes by accident. It wouldn't bother me if it was taken over especially if it was a fatal bug but exactly be better if people are not working on the same thing. I'm just excited to be a part of this! 🤩
spare root
Check out this tutorial video edition of the Community Help Desk to get started contributing to Hacktoberfest this month! It'll walk you through all of the different things you'll need, as well as the entire contribution process. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APTUQbQSBq4
External Links:
Git: https://git-scm.com/
Github: https://github.com/
GitHub Desktop: https://desktop.github.com/
Mu: https://codewith.mu/
Hacktoberfest: https://hacktoberfest.com/
Resources:
"Contribute to CircuitPython with Git and GitHub" - Kattni Rembor
https://learn.adafruit.com/contribute-to-circuitpython-with-git-and-github
"Welcome to CircuitPython!" - Kattni Rembor
https://learn.adafruit.com/welcome-to-circuitpython
spare root
If anybody wants to join, here's the Discord server invite for Hacktoberfest: https://discord.gg/hacktoberfest
I've been popping into their #chill-tunes channel, which plays great lo-fi music that I've found really fantastic for developing. It's mute-only other than the bot, so no worries about any chatter.
deft lance
Neat - I'm in the Discord, will check out the music
wide lodge
They want your email address and phone number before you're allowed to use voice in there anyway. Give my phone number that I use for 2FA to a channel called Hacktoberfest... nah I'm good.