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Activity 1: Your First Caption

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Assessment

Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
html
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start with the repository file generated for this activity and read the surrounding instructions. Add a caption for the random octocat as described, then verify that the file change is saved and visible in the GitHub repository.

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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
  • @1597018
  • @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
  • @ta-suresh
  • @tanchenwei-1512071
  • @stephenranjit
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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