From Codegen to your first PR in Core - Riccardo Cipolleschi - RNL - April 2023

Riccardo Cipolleschi: From Codegen to your first PR in Core
Have you ever wanted to contribute to Open Source but you don’t know where to start? You are using React Native daily and would like to improve it or suggest some changes? We got you covered!
Contributing to a big Open Source project like React Native can be daunting and you may feel lost, not knowing where to start.
In this talk, we will walk the contribution journey, describing Codegen as a starting point to contribute to React Native. This will allow you to get familiar with the codebase, understand the various moving parts and learn how to get your first pull request landed on main!
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:02 An Open Source Project
00:03:08 You Can Contribute Too!
00:03:55 Bring Your Own Library
00:05:15 Contribute by writing code
00:09:24 Contributing in Practice
00:11:18 Forking the Repo
00:14:02 Testing Locally
00:15:20 Committing your changes
00:17:51 Looking at CI Signals
00:19:31 See Your Change on Main!
00:20:37 Future Opportunities
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