CodeBuddies’ Hacktoberfest 2016 Reportback
Hi all — here’s CodeBuddies’ Hacktoberfest 2016 reportback! (x-posted from codebuddiesmeet.slack.com on November 7th)
Context: github.com/codebuddiesdotorg/cb-v2-scratch was one of the open-sourced projects featured on https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/, a month-long initiative to get more people contributing to open-source.
Our stats
Total Merged PRs: 91
Total Invalid PRs: 15
Contributors: 50
PR Reviewers (Self-Volunteering): 9
Countries represented: United States, India, Canada, Malta, UK, Finland, Lithuania, Denmark
Number of google hangouts completed on codebuddies.org to work on Hacktoberfest issues (started by different people): 13
Feature Shout-Outs
- QuillJS integration (@camilleriluke)
- Profile page made editable, and fixed the CSS on the footer (@sharynneazar)
- Customizable end hangout select makes hangouts easier to schedule (@crazcalm and @distalx)
- Design improvements and high-res images throughout much of the site (@ada)
- Improved Slack alert format and other fixes (@abhii5459 and @sergeant-q and @olivia)
- Hangout list cards redesign (@abhii5459 and @linda — in progress)
- Friendlier/more useful popup sign-in (@rtran — in progress)
- Thoroughly revised contributing.md (@olivia)
- New github issue and PR templates (@distalx)
- Added description summary to posts (@sujlint)
- Added color saving state on hangout buttons (@mankinchi)
- Added character limit count to status/learnings tab (@jelanithompson and @mabry)
- Fixes related to the display of individually completed hangouts on the profile page (@will and @distalx)
- Tooltips added to hangout status buttons (@bratcat)
- Styling and standardization improvements (@ollikarppinen and @briix)
- Design fixes and new .editorconfig file (@briix)
- Fixed broken logo in email template (@techtolentino)
- Fixed Slack button UI on the FAQ and added the Lithuanian flag to the About page (@gytdau)
- Twitter integration — newly scheduled hangouts and submitted learnings are automatically tweeted out to twitter.com/codebuddiesmeet (@distalx)
A big thank you to EVERYONE who contributed over the course of the last month — and especially to those who helped make a significant dent in PR reviews (@sergeant-q! @distalx!), or consistently commented with useful feedback (@wuworkshop, @adachiu, @olivia). Very proud of everyone.
