free-programming-books/docs/HOWTO.md

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Welcome to Free-Programming-Books! We welcome new contributors; even those making their very first pull request on Github. If you're one of those, here are some resources that might help:

* [About Pull Requests](https://help.github.com/articles/about-pull-requests/)
* [Creating a pull request](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/creating-a-pull-request)
* [Github Hello World](https://guides.github.com/activities/hello-world/)
* [Youtube - Github Tutorial For Beginners](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKg7e37bQE)
* [Youtube - How To Fork A GitHub Repo and Submit A Pull Request](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1I3HF4YWEw)
* [Youtube - Markdown Crash Course](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUBNt18RFbo)


Don't hesitate to ask questions; every contributor started with a first PR. So... why not join our [large, growing](https://contributor-graph-api.apiseven.com/contributors-svg?repo=EbookFoundation/free-programming-books) community.

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. Fix the problem and add a commit to your PR.

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](CONTRIBUTING.md). ([translations](../README.md#translations))