4 GitHub Repos that will help every beginner programmer.
Github is one of the best websites to find great resources on the web for developers and programmers. I remember the first time I went to the GitHub website I was scared because it seemed to complicated. Words like repositories, version control, and pull request intimidated me. Once I learned how to use git and understood how to use GitHub it became one of my favorite websites. It helped me in more ways than I can recall. I compiled a list of some of the repos that helped me numerous times and I am confident they will help you too!
This repo guides beginners through the process of contributing to open source and other projects on GitHub. It will walk you step by step to make your first contribution. It is offered in many languages, and will teach about forking, cloning, push and pull requests, and a little bit about git. You will also be able to add your name to the contributors list and get that good feeling that you contributed to something.
link for repo: https://github.com/firstcontributions/first-contributions
2. Public-apis
This repo contains a massive list of public API’s. You can search the API’s based on categories, it will also tell you if the API requires an authentication or if it works with HTTP requests. This list inspired me to start some side projects. Having an API project on your portfolio will look good for job recruiters.
link for repo: https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis#environment
3. linkedin-skill-assessments-quizzes
While you should try to pass the skill assessments quizzes on your own they can be tricky sometimes, or you’re just stuck on that one question. Well this repo will be you savior, because it includes a lot of the answers you need. You can search for the quiz you are taking and then control+f to find your question. There are other repos that have answers as well but this is the biggest and most well maintained I found.
link for repo: https://github.com/Ebazhanov/linkedin-skill-assessments-quizzes
Finding actual free products can be hard. They claim to be free but when you go to download that file or export that project, you are met with a pop-up that tells you to upgrade to the pro version. Your search for free services is about to get shorter because this repo has a massive list of free services that developers and open source authors can use in their projects
link for repo: https://github.com/ripienaar/free-for-dev
That’s the end of the list. If you have other great repos you can share them in the comments, you can also share your feedback with me there as well. If you found this article useful, consider following so you can hear more about developers stuff.
