Open Source for Developers – A Beginner's Handbook to Help You
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What comes to mind when you hear the term Open Source? In the programming world, open source is a generic term for Open Source Software (OSS). Open-source software is built on source code that's open to everyone to view, change, extend, and distribute. In this article, we will get into
What comes to mind when you hear the term Open Source? In the programming world,
open source is a generic term for Open Source Software (OSS). Open-source
software is built on source code that's open to everyone to view, change,
extend, and distribute.
In this article, we will get into many aspects of open source software and its
ecosystem. We will discuss what it takes for you to start contributing to open
source, the skills you need, how to maintain open-source projects, challenges,
resources
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