Getting Started Contributing to Open Source

Contributing to the jQuery project, and to any FOSS project for that matter, can be a rewarding experience both in terms of the way you can help yourself and projects you are working on, as well as the countless number of others you may help with your contribution. Taking that first step though, can be … Continue reading

Markup Conventions for jQuery Foundation Sites

All of the sites that are part of the jQuery WordPress network use the following markup conventions to apply styling to elements. Please adhere to these conventions if you are working on any of our web sites. This page is a live example of these conventions in action. Tools & Libraries The jQuery sites are … Continue reading

jQuery Contributors’ Center

Welcome! With a variety of popular JavaScript tools, more than twenty websites, and millions of users all over the world, there’s always more to be done in the world of jQuery. From code and documentation to web design and support, the jQuery Foundation welcomes contributions from anyone willing to put in the time and effort … Continue reading

Contributing to jQuery Foundation Documentation

For almost as long as jQuery has been around, its documentation has been an integral part of the project, from helping new users get up to speed to offering detailed explanations of features for seasoned developers. Currently, the jQuery Foundation manages API documentation and demos for its projects and provides a growing set of tutorials … Continue reading

Contributing to the jQuery Community

In a sense, each of the different ways of getting involved that we detail on this site are all ways of contributing to the jQuery community, which we define quite liberally: helping to make any aspect of using jQuery Foundation projects better for other people. This, of course, includes things like filing and fixing bugs, … Continue reading

Writing Code for jQuery Foundation Projects

Like many Open Source projects, the majority of jQuery contributors are volunteers; their ability to contribute ebbs and flows with the demands of their professional and personal lives. As a result, jQuery projects are always looking for talented people who are motivated to contribute. New contributors sometimes make the mistake of starting with a pull … Continue reading

Commits and Pull Requests

Working With a Fork Never Commit On Master Branching Preparing To Commit Commit Guidelines Subject Long description References Your Pull Request We use git and GitHub’s Pull Request system to review and accept all contributions of code, content and design to all of our projects. Your experience can be as pleasant as possible (for everyone) … Continue reading

CLA for corporate contributors

Moved Moved to https://cla.openjsf.org. jQuery Foundation Copyright Assignment Agreement For good and valuable consideration, receipt of which I acknowledge, I hereby transfer to jQuery Foundation, Inc. (the “Foundation”) my entire right, title, and interest (including all rights under copyright) in my changes and enhancements to any code or other work contributed by me to the … Continue reading

How to Report Bugs

link Before You Reportlink Make Sure It’s a jQuery BugMany bugs reported to our bug trackers are actually bugs in user code, not in jQuery code. Keep in mind that just because your code throws an error and the console points to a line number inside of a jQuery project, this does not mean the … Continue reading