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Activity 1: Your First Caption

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
github, html

Research direction

Start by locating the file created through the API for this activity and inspect the repository's HTML content. Follow the issue's captioning instructions and verify that the random octocat file has been updated; the issue does not name a file or test to run.

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Description

duplicate

Using the API, I have just created a file with a random octocat for you to caption. In this activity, we will learn how to make changes to files in our GitHub repository.

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  • @allthedoll
  • @selkins13
  • @parkerbxyz
Dominant language
HTML
Stars
0
Forks
1
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Contributor guide

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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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