How can I find open source projects to contribute to (Ruby, Rails) [closed]

Question

I'm a Ruby on Rails developer with a bit of time on my hands.

I would like to use this time to give back and learn by contributing to an open source project.

I'm not a top notch programmer and would like to start small.

Where can i find small open source projects in Ruby or Rails ? And how can I contribute ?

Alex

Answer 1

My advice is to look at the projects you use and really love, then get on their message boards and see what's needed. This is usually when people say "send me a pull request" or "send me a patch"

You can also look at a project's github "issues" tab. Any of these are generally something that can be worked on. You'll fork the project, make changes (and add tests), then send the maintainer a pull-request.

Anyway, long story short: work on something you love using.