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gunesh
Specialist
Jun 14, 2023 4:32 AM UTC
Question

As a tester, how can we contribute to Open Source Projects?

Open source projects are always considered as dev-only contribution repos. is there any possible way that testers can also contribute to it?

3 replies

Specialist
Jun 16, 2023 6:44 AM UTC

This was asked in the Robot Framework’s RoboCon conference one year. Yes many OSS projects have tasks for and want testers, document reviewers & other roles outside of just dev. Simply contact a specific project team + I’m sure they’ll be glad to help you get started... 

basdijkstra
Specialist
Jun 16, 2023 12:20 PM UTC

There are many ways you can contribute to open source projects as a tester.

@alex_read mentioned some of those already, I’d like to add these:

  • Improve coverage of tests for the project
  • Write blog posts or record video tutorials on how to get started using the project
  • Create artwork for documentation, icons, etc.

I would definitely say that most open source tool repositories not dev-only repositories.

As the developer of RestAssured.Net I’d love to tell you more about how to contribute to it.

gunesh
guneshAuthor
Specialist
Jun 17, 2023 4:53 AM UTC

There are many ways you can contribute to open source projects as a tester.

@alex_read mentioned some of those already, I’d like to add these:

  • Improve coverage of tests for the project
  • Write blog posts or record video tutorials on how to get started using the project
  • Create artwork for documentation, icons, etc.

I would definitely say that most open source tool repositories not dev-only repositories.

As the developer of RestAssured.Net I’d love to tell you more about how to contribute to it.

I’m all ears @basdijkstra ! Sent you a DM

Gunesh Patil (Liberated Tester)