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A comment on Ask HN: How can a high school student get started with open source projects?.

Re:Ask HN: How can a high school student get started with op... by bheadmaster on Friday April 14, 2023 @04:38AM (#35567024)
The simplest way is to get her (if she isn't already) to use a free (and open source) program, and when she gets used to it, get her to build it from source and tinker around, see how it works and how it can be modified. Maybe get her to fix a bug and contribute the patch upstream - that could be a memorable experience.

Thankfully, a lot of free (and open source) software is written in Python, so the choice is wide.

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Re:Ask HN: How can a high school student get started with op... by Am4TIfIsER0ppos on Friday April 14, 2023 @05:07AM (#35567201)
That is my suggestion. Fix a bug that affects you. Add a feature that you want. Granted not all will be as small and self-contained as my first contribution but there is little better motivation than doing something you want to use.
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Re:Ask HN: How can a high school student get started with op... by web99 on Friday April 14, 2023 @12:55PM (#35571741)
Thanks! We decided to go this route....
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Re:Ask HN: How can a high school student get started with op... by bheadmaster on Friday April 14, 2023 @04:38PM (#35574426)
No problem! I hope you and your daughter have fun hacking around :)
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