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Open-source JavaScript charting library behind Plotly and Dash

Is plotly/plotly.js beginner-friendly?

The maintainers of plotly/plotly.js usually reply to a pull request within 1 day. 7 beginner-friendly issues are open now.

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  4. Pick one of the 7 open beginner-friendly issues below and comment that you want to work on it before you start.

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  • [BUG]: incorrect `downloadImage` type definition
    Open
    bug

    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 85/100

    plotly/plotly.js#8072 ·

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  • [CHORE]: Warn on config values that do not match the schema
    Open
    chore P3 plotly-internal size: 3 task

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 77/100

    plotly/plotly.js#8064 ·

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  • [CHORE]: Change default to `true` for `responsive` config attribute
    Open
    chore P1 plotly-internal size: 1 task

    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 82/100

    plotly/plotly.js#8034 ·

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  • [CHORE]: Deprecate plotly.js-mapbox* npm packages
    Open
    chore P3 plotly-internal size: 1 task

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 65/100

    plotly/plotly.js#8029 ·

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  • [mkdocs] Update link in Edit this Page button
    Open
    bug

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 65/100

    plotly/plotly.js#7648 · 3 comments ·

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  • BUILDING.md: minor typo and some Markdown syntax errors
    Open
    bug infrastructure P2

    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 65/100

    plotly/plotly.js#6930 ·

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  • Add `line.shape: 'spline'` support to scattergl
    Open
    feature good for agent P2 size: 3

    Difficulty 1/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

    plotly/plotly.js#3229 · 12 comments · 3 reactions ·

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