Ways to contribute

There are many ways you can contribute to an open source project and not all of them involve writing code!

Write documentation

Poor documentation is the bane of a programmer's existence. Good documentation simplifies a contributor's life and makes the project easier to develop and maintain. It is almost always worthwhile to invest in good documentation, especially in a collaborative setting where many people will read your code. Here are three tenets that you can focus on when writing documentation.

• Comprehensiveness

• Readability

• Simplicity

Translate to another language

Since open source is open to all, you may have contributors from all over the world. By translating documentation and other guides into other languages, you allow more people to work on the project. Translating is not for everyone since it usually requires native-level fluency of a second language, but if you are one of these people, then this might be right up your alley!

Organize events

You can also organize an in-person meetup for the members of your community. This is a good way to get people to know each other. For larger projects, you can think about organizing a conference.