Contributing to Open Source

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## Contributing to ManageIQ

* Why: This is a well backed, well written open-source Ruby project for project management, working with the Github API
* What: I found a refactoring request at https://github.com/ManageIQ/miq_bot/issues/305 that sounds approachable and interesting. It asks for refactoring the GitHub service, using a new module. I can engage the thread and get some more details on what they want.
* I Need: To pull this project locally, run the tests, and explore the code to understand precisely what they're doing and how to refactor it properly. I should also use the tool.
* When I'm Done: It isn't a pressing need by definition but if I am able to write code up to their standard, I imagine they will be grateful for some refactoring in a good PR.


## Contributing to CBRAIN

* Why: CBRAIN is a collaborative, web-enabled grid platform built to facilitate research on large, distributed datasets by managing user access, transfer, caching and provenence for distributed data, as well as mediating interactions with high-performance computing centres (HPCs).

CBRAIN consists of two Ruby on Rails Applications: BrainPortal and Bourreau. I'd like to help do a little work on a big and useful opensource project.

* What: I found a beginner issue request to update a task show page at  https://github.com/aces/cbrain/issues/614 that sounds like an approachable way to contribute to a big project. It asks for updating a task show page to have a link. I can engage the thread and get some more details on what they want.
* I Need: To pull this project locally, run the tests, and explore the code to understand precisely what they're doing and how to update this properly. It may be too complex once I get into it, but that in of itself is an interesting thing to do.
* When I'm Done: If I am able to write code up to their standard, I imagine they will be grateful for a little help on this feature.

## Contributing to CBRAIN

* Why: CBRAIN is a collaborative, web-enabled grid platform built to facilitate research on large, distributed datasets by managing user access, transfer, caching and provenence for distributed data, as well as mediating interactions with high-performance computing centres (HPCs).

CBRAIN consists of two Ruby on Rails Applications: BrainPortal and Bourreau. I'd like to help do a little work on a big and useful opensource project.

* What: I found a beginner issue request to update a task show page at  https://github.com/aces/cbrain/issues/614 that sounds like an approachable way to contribute to a big project. It asks for updating a task show page to have a link. I can engage the thread and get some more details on what they want.
* I Need: To pull this project locally, run the tests, and explore the code to understand precisely what they're doing and how to update this properly. It may be too complex once I get into it, but that in of itself is an interesting thing to do.
* When I'm Done: If I am able to write code up to their standard, I imagine they will be grateful for a little help on this feature.

## Contributing to Work-Shop Portal

* Why: A Ruby on Rails App to manage workshops. It's opensource and helps people collaborate and plan together.

* What: I found a beginner / intermediate issue request to remove validations at https://github.com/hpi-schuelerklub/workshop-portal/issues/505 that sounds like an approachable way to contribute to this project. It asks for removing validations, which are causing some problems. I can engage the thread and get some more details on what they want.
* I Need: To pull this project locally, run the tests, and explore the code to understand precisely what they're doing and how to update this properly. 
* When I'm Done: If I am able to write code up to their standard, I imagine they will be grateful for a little help on this feature.

ManageIQ

This could be a doable refactor. There are some recent commits, you're right in the sense that there would be some back and forth with the maintainers of this gem. I also like this as well because the amount of context you need ramp up on is limited.