It’s that time of year again…for the freshest t-shirt in Hackerdom! Hacktoberfest — brought to you by DigitalOcean — is a month-long celebration of open source software. Maintainers are invited to guide would-be contributors towards issues that will help move the project forward, and contributors get the opportunity to give back to both projects they like and others they’ve just discovered. No contribution is too small — bug fixes and documentation updates are valid ways of participating.
Locally in Augusta, this event occurs in person at theClubhou.se. The month-long event will include numerous virtual check-ins and meetings. The objective of the hackathon is familiarize those new to programming with how to use GitHub, a hosting platform for software development. Morgan Smith is the local organizer for Hacktoberfest in Augusta. She and her team will be kicking off Hacktoberfest on October 1st, 6-8pm, with an introduction to the month of activities.