Project Name: FreeCodeCamp
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Project website: FreeCodeCamp
What is the purpose of the project: Help people learn to code, build projects, and earn certifications for free.
How easy was it to find information about contributing on the website? It was relatively easy to find information about contributing. A link in the main menu led to the contribute page, which listed various ways of contributing to the community: answering coding questions, giving project feedback, translating, and contributing to the GitHub codebase. There were shortcut links for each way of contributing as well as a button to see contributing guidelines.
Contributing instructions: Here
URL for the code repository: Code repository
Bug/Issue tracker link: Bug/Issue tracker
Mailing list: N/A
Chat channel: Discord
Other communication channels: Forum
License: BSD 3-Clause License
Is it OSI approved license: Yes
Programming Language(s): TypeScript (64.3%), JavaScript (29.1%), CSS (6.0%)
URL for contributing instructions: Contributing instructions
Are the contributing instructions clear? Yes, you can clearly see different ways of contributing and click on hyperlinks for them to get started. You can also reference the contributing guidelines for more information. Because the contributing guidelines page has a search bar and table of contents with different sections, it is easy to find what you are looking for.
URL for code of conduct / community norms / community guildelines: Code of Conduct
URL for instructions for users to download and install the package: No download/installation required (website)
URL for instructions for how to install development environment: here
Are these instruction clear? Do you think they would be easy to follow? These instructions are clear as they are thorough and broken down into smaller steps. I think even someone relatively new to code contribution would be able to set up the development environment for FreeCodeCamp.
Number of contributors: 4952 contributors
Usernames of three contributors with largest number of commits; for each of them list the link to their latest commit:
- raisedadead (1,610 commits) - Their Latest Commit
- ojeytonwilliams (1,348 commits) - Their Latest Commit
- camperbot (1,330 commits) - Their Latest Commit
Number of commits: 35,002 commits
Latest commit
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link to the commit: Latest commit
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who made that commit: Mikey-Esteban
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what type of work was commited? UI fix
Issues
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how many open issues are there: 272 Open Issues
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url for the last issue created: Last issue created
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how many users discuss the issue: 0 person
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when was the issue reported: 4 hours ago
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how many closed issues are there: 17,396 closed issues
- url for the last issue closed: Last issue closed
- how many users discussed the issue: 0 people
- when was the issue reported: Yesterday
- when was the issue closed: Yesterday
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how active is the discussion on the issues: Depends on the issue, but some are quite active
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example of a lot of good discussion: Good discussion
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example of an issue that does not have much discussion: Not much discussion
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are there issues marked "good for newbies", "beginner" or some other indicators that imply that they are good for beginner contributors: Yes (first timers only)
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how many of such issues are there? 0 open issues, 739 closed issues
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look at a few of them, do they look beginner friendly? Yes, a lot of the issues cover beginner-friendly topics like grammatical errors, documentation, minor syntax errors, small code examples, etc.
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are there issues marked "documentation" or some other indicators that imply that they are documentation (user or developer specific): Yes
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how many of such issues are there? 1 open issue, 97 closed issues
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look at a few of them, do you think you could submit a fix? I think I could fix some of the less technical issues
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Pull requests
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how many open pull requests are there: 52 pull requests
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url for the last pull request created: Last Pull Request created
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when was the last pull request made: Four hours ago
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url for the oldest pull request created: Oldest Pull Request created
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when was the oldest pull request made: Dec 27, 2014
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how many closed pull requests are there: 35,481 closed pull requests
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url for the last pull request closed: Last Pull Request closed
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how many users discussed the pull request: 0 users
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when was the pull request made: yesterday
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when was the pull request closed: yesterday
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do maintainers respond quickly to pull requests when they are opened? Yes, very quickly (typically within a few days)
Attempt to configure the development environment for this project:
Name: Jenna
Operating system: MacOS
Was the installation successful? (if not, explain what went wrong and what you did to try to remedy it) Yes, easy and straightforward
How long did the whole process take? Around 5 minutes
How friendly is this project for beginner contributors? Overall, I think the project is very friendly for beginner contributors. There are a lot of instructions for contributing that are clear and thorough, and the community seems very friendly and encouraging. Additionally, the "first timers only" label allows beginners to start contributing by addressing easier issues.
Do the maintainers respond helpfully to questions in issues? Yes, maintainers respond quickly and helpfully to questions in issues.
Are people friendly in the issues, discussion forum, and chat (for example, IRC or Slack)? Yes, people are generally very friendly and encouraging.
Do pull requests get reviewed? Yes, often very quickly.
Do maintainers thank people for their contributions? Typically no, but it is understandable considering how many contributions there are each day.
Are there special skills required to contribute to the project? If so, what are they? Knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and/or TypeScript is required to solve many of the issues. However, anyone can report bugs, provide suggestions, and help with writing and documentation.
Are there any special hardware/software requirements to be able to contribute to the project? If so, what are they? Hardware requirements: 8 GB RAM; relatively fast CPU (4+ cores); Windows 10 or 11 (with WSL), macOS, or Linux; Software requirements: Node.js, pnpm, MongoDB Community Server, Git