# Newbie in open-source

**URL:** <https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/newbie-in-open-source/17447>\
**Category:** Google Season of Code\
**Created:** [December 5, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/newbie-in-open-source/17447 "2022-12-05T14:01:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![vishanthan8055](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/vishanthan8055/32/11192_2.png) [@vishanthan8055](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/vishanthan8055)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/newbie-in-open-source/17447/1 "2022-12-05T14:01:29Z")

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Hello community 👋,  
I am vishanth.I am a Computer Science student at SIST. I want contribute to open-source and to attend GSoC 2023. I learned python and i have some basic knowledge about django. I really wanted to learning things from contributing and get familiar with open-source contribution.

What I need to start from now? Could you please guide me to have a best start in open-source and I am eagerly waiting to do contribution?

Best,  
Vishanth. 😀

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**Author:** ![KenWhitesell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/kenwhitesell/32/280_2.png) [@KenWhitesell](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/KenWhitesell)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/newbie-in-open-source/17447/2 "2022-12-05T14:51:58Z")

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Welcome Vishanth!

The general advice I see on here is to begin with The Contributing Guide.  
[Contributing to Django | Django documentation | Django](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/internals/contributing/)

Start with reading that, and then do reach out if you have questions.

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**Author:** ![vishanthan8055](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/vishanthan8055/32/11192_2.png) [@vishanthan8055](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/vishanthan8055)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/newbie-in-open-source/17447/3 "2022-12-05T15:03:23Z")

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Thanks for the sources Ken!!! I’ll reach out for sure if i had any queries.