What is Poppins?

Poppins is a manifesto that emphasizes the importance of having entire open source projects focused on helping first-time contributors get involved with open source development. A project is considered a "Poppins project" if it is managed with the primary goal of helping beginners to level up their skills and increase their experience with OSS in an atmosphere defined by community and mentorship. Poppins projects have a slower development pace than production-level projects, and are not necessarily focused on making the best software out there. Instead, they aim to help beginners make their first open source contributions, thereby exposing them to the main aspects of how to build good OSS in a healthy community.

Projects created with this purpose may use the Poppins badge to identify them as a good place for beginners to make their first contributions and learn how OSS development works.

Poppins is heavily inspired by the beautiful First Timers Only site. So, if you are looking for more resources for beginners, head to https://www.firsttimersonly.com and find some! =)

To build a Poppins project, follow the Manifesto Principles and Guidelines.

If you're a new developer looking to get involved with a Poppins project, check out the awesome list by clicking the icon below for some options. And, once you find one, don't forget to have some fun with it! =D.

Awesome Poppins projects looking for contributors:

Here's a list of some more curated Poppins projects:

• First Contributions Repository: This project is designed to help beginners make their very first contributions to open source projects.
• Contribute to this Project: This is for absolute beginners. If you know how to write and edit an anchor tag then you're ready to start contributing!
• Contribute to open source: Learn the GitHub workflow by contributing code in a fun simulation project.
• goodfirstissue.dev: goodfirstissue.dev has a list of project repositories with the good first issue tag. Project moderators add this tag to help beginners get involved with their projects.

Trivia

The name is inspired by the Pamela Lyndon Travers (P. L. Travers) character and Disney movies Mary Poppins, the magical nanny that shows two neglected children that the world is a fascinating place ready to be explored. While mentoring the kids, Mary Poppins demonstrates affection, knowledge, experience, skill (magic), intelligence, fun and discipline.

So, that's the inspiration for Poppins: to bring to life projects that help beginners learn how to explore the open source world with excitement, intelligence, fun and discipline.

Contribution

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