free-programming-books/docs/HOWTO.md

How-To at a glance

*[Read this in other languages](README.md#translations)*

Welcome to Free-Programming-Books!

We welcome new contributors; even those making their very first Pull Request (PR) on GitHub. If you're one of those, here are some resources that might help:

• About pull requests
• Creating a pull request
• GitHub Hello World
• YouTube - GitHub Tutorial For Beginners
• YouTube - How To Fork A GitHub Repo and Submit A Pull Request
• YouTube - Markdown Crash Course

Don't hesitate to ask questions; every contributor started with a first PR. So... why not join our large, growing community.

Click to see users vs. time graphs.

[](https://www.apiseven.com/en/contributor-graph?chart=contributorOverTime&repo=ebookfoundation/free-programming-books) [](https://www.apiseven.com/en/contributor-graph?chart=contributorMonthlyActivity&repo=ebookfoundation/free-programming-books)

Even if you're an experienced open source contributor, there are things that might trip you up. Once you've submitted your PR, *GitHub Actions* will run a linter, often finding little issues with spacing or alphabetization. If you get a green button, everything is ready for review; but if not, click "Details" under the check that failed to find out what the linter didn't like, and fix the problem adding a new commit to the branch from which your PR was opened.

Finally, if you're not sure that the resource you want to add is appropriate for Free-Programming-Books, read through the guidelines in CONTRIBUTING (translations also available).