<a href="http://www.firsttimersonly.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.firsttimersonly.com/</a> by Scott Hanselman + Kent Dodds is an iteration on Scott's <a href="http://up-for-grabs.net/" rel="nofollow">http://up-for-grabs.net/</a><p>Scott also did a walkthrough several years ago: <a href="http://www.hanselman.com/blog/GetInvolvedInOpenSourceTodayHowToContributeAPatchToAGitHubHostedOpenSourceProjectLikeCode52.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.hanselman.com/blog/GetInvolvedInOpenSourceTodayHo...</a><p><a href="https://www.hanselman.com/blog/BringKindnessBackToOpenSource.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.hanselman.com/blog/BringKindnessBackToOpenSource...</a> is targeted more at maintainers.<p>There are a great number of additional resources and discussion on those blog posts.<p>If video is your jam, check out Scott's presentation "Getting Started in Open Source": <a href="https://youtu.be/nmiftiGktsU" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/nmiftiGktsU</a>