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Fixing Errors in a GitHub Pull Request

When I submitted my first contribution to an open source project, my pull request unexpectedly failed…and it turned out to be a great learning opportunity! In this post we’ll go through the steps of diagnosing and fixing this specific failure, which will teach us a bit about GitHub Actions, linting, and how to investigate pull request problems.

Who Can Contribute to Open Source?

If you want to contribute to a software project, you need to join the team that manages that project. Or at least, that’s the impression I was under for a long time. It turns out that’s not always the case.

The Benefits of Pair Programming

During my college internship, I was one of two programmers who worked on the proof of concept for a game called Hug The Line. We experimented a good deal to figure out which software development methodology would be the most effective for our specific project, and in the end we decided to use an agile methodology loosely based on Extreme Programming.

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open source

Fixing Errors in a GitHub Pull Request

When I submitted my first contribution to an open source project, my pull request unexpectedly failed…and it turned out to be a great learning opportunity! In this post we’ll go through the steps of diagnosing and fixing this specific failure, which will teach us a bit about GitHub Actions, linting, and how to investigate pull request problems.

Who Can Contribute to Open Source?

If you want to contribute to a software project, you need to join the team that manages that project. Or at least, that’s the impression I was under for a long time. It turns out that’s not always the case.

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GitHub

Fixing Errors in a GitHub Pull Request

When I submitted my first contribution to an open source project, my pull request unexpectedly failed…and it turned out to be a great learning opportunity! In this post we’ll go through the steps of diagnosing and fixing this specific failure, which will teach us a bit about GitHub Actions, linting, and how to investigate pull request problems.

Who Can Contribute to Open Source?

If you want to contribute to a software project, you need to join the team that manages that project. Or at least, that’s the impression I was under for a long time. It turns out that’s not always the case.

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programming

The Benefits of Pair Programming

During my college internship, I was one of two programmers who worked on the proof of concept for a game called Hug The Line. We experimented a good deal to figure out which software development methodology would be the most effective for our specific project, and in the end we decided to use an agile methodology loosely based on Extreme Programming.

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collaboration

The Benefits of Pair Programming

During my college internship, I was one of two programmers who worked on the proof of concept for a game called Hug The Line. We experimented a good deal to figure out which software development methodology would be the most effective for our specific project, and in the end we decided to use an agile methodology loosely based on Extreme Programming.

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pull request

Fixing Errors in a GitHub Pull Request

When I submitted my first contribution to an open source project, my pull request unexpectedly failed…and it turned out to be a great learning opportunity! In this post we’ll go through the steps of diagnosing and fixing this specific failure, which will teach us a bit about GitHub Actions, linting, and how to investigate pull request problems.

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GitHub Actions

Fixing Errors in a GitHub Pull Request

When I submitted my first contribution to an open source project, my pull request unexpectedly failed…and it turned out to be a great learning opportunity! In this post we’ll go through the steps of diagnosing and fixing this specific failure, which will teach us a bit about GitHub Actions, linting, and how to investigate pull request problems.

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CI/CD

Fixing Errors in a GitHub Pull Request

When I submitted my first contribution to an open source project, my pull request unexpectedly failed…and it turned out to be a great learning opportunity! In this post we’ll go through the steps of diagnosing and fixing this specific failure, which will teach us a bit about GitHub Actions, linting, and how to investigate pull request problems.

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Git

Fixing Errors in a GitHub Pull Request

When I submitted my first contribution to an open source project, my pull request unexpectedly failed…and it turned out to be a great learning opportunity! In this post we’ll go through the steps of diagnosing and fixing this specific failure, which will teach us a bit about GitHub Actions, linting, and how to investigate pull request problems.

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commitlint

Fixing Errors in a GitHub Pull Request

When I submitted my first contribution to an open source project, my pull request unexpectedly failed…and it turned out to be a great learning opportunity! In this post we’ll go through the steps of diagnosing and fixing this specific failure, which will teach us a bit about GitHub Actions, linting, and how to investigate pull request problems.

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linting

Fixing Errors in a GitHub Pull Request

When I submitted my first contribution to an open source project, my pull request unexpectedly failed…and it turned out to be a great learning opportunity! In this post we’ll go through the steps of diagnosing and fixing this specific failure, which will teach us a bit about GitHub Actions, linting, and how to investigate pull request problems.

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debugging

Fixing Errors in a GitHub Pull Request

When I submitted my first contribution to an open source project, my pull request unexpectedly failed…and it turned out to be a great learning opportunity! In this post we’ll go through the steps of diagnosing and fixing this specific failure, which will teach us a bit about GitHub Actions, linting, and how to investigate pull request problems.

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