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Activity 1: Your First Caption

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
github, html
Domain
documentation

Research direction

The activity describes using the GitHub API to create and caption a file, but it names no file, test, or entry point. Start by inspecting the repository contents and the generated octocat file; completion should mean adding a caption and checking off the applicable participant entry.

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Description

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.

  • @1499715
  • @1528877
  • @1604746
  • @1626125
  • @1633605-Phaneendra
  • @Aruna1589844
  • @Imitiyaz-1552789
  • @Jayanthi6
  • @Kalees4u
  • @Lowell7im
  • @Nandhalal
  • @charanyaramanathan
  • @gusshawstewart
  • @guy-man
  • @iwillcode1010
  • @kksumit
  • @krishna-code-hub
  • @rangarajans1
  • @sagar19shah-sc
  • @sarasahg
  • @spqi
  • @srikisc
  • @stephenranjit
  • @ta-suresh
  • @tanchenwei-1512071
  • @1597018
Dominant language
HTML
Stars
5
Forks
24
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Getting set up

We have not checked this project's setup files yet. Start from its README, and see our first-contribution guide for the general steps.

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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