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What is a Technical Task and How is distinct from a "User Story"

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Domain
documentation

Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by locating the contributing guidance that covers issue types, then check whether it distinguishes technical tasks from user stories; done means the distinction is documented clearly for contributors.

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Description

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A technical task is an issue/area-for-improvement/opportunity spotted by a technical person (developer) unrelated to a "user story" but that will ultimately benefit the "end-user" (people using the app/site) in-directly.

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Getting set up

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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