I've been diving into web development for about five months now, and I've managed to build a simple version of Uber and played around with sockets. I'm pretty comfortable with Git and GitHub basics like adding, committing, pushing, and pulling. However, I'm facing a few challenges: 1. How can I continue to improve my skills? 2. What's the best way to start getting involved with open source projects? 3. How do I find beginner-friendly repositories to contribute to? I think open source is fascinating because it gives us a chance to work on real-world projects. Is it a good idea to jump into open source at this stage?
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Have you used any open source projects yet? If you do, consider forking their repositories, making modifications, and using your own fork. Eventually, your updates might be useful bug fixes or new features that you can submit as pull requests. Also, keep an eye out for GitHub issues tagged as 'good first issue'—those are great for beginners!
The open source projects I come across are pretty advanced (like Git itself). It just hit me that I haven't really used any before. I'm working with JavaScript but might switch to TypeScript since many projects seem to use it. Any repo suggestions?