Good First Issue

🚀Demo app

Want to contribute to open source projects but don't know where to start?

Some Open Source projects tag issues suitable for newcomers with a specific label on Github. This app centralizes these issues to make it easier for newcomers to contribute.

Installation instructions

The app is running on Ruby on Rails.

Assuming you have a working ruby and node developement environment:

• clone the project
• bundle install
• yarn install
• bunde exec rake db:create
• bundle exec rails server
• Visit http://localhost:3000/

Enhancement ideas

Frontend

• Make the labels use the same color as on Github.
• Collapse repositories that have a large number of issues behind a "see more" link.
• Add an admin interface to administrate repositories.

Backend

• Add authentification to the Github API to avoid rate limitation when using the public API.
• Add a caching layer to only periodically fetch the issues from Github.
• Persist the respositories and labels in the database instead of hardcoding them.
• Persist the issues and run a background job to updated them instead of fetching them on every request.

Deployment

• Add a CI integration to run the tests on PRs.
• Setup a deployment pipeline and a staging environment.