# Introducing Vishwash Bajpai

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/introducing-vishwash-bajpai/17310>\
**Category:** GSoC\
**Created:** [13 May 2021 22:58 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/introducing-vishwash-bajpai/17310 "2021-05-13T22:58:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Daggerhub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/daggerhub/32/8703_2.png) [@Daggerhub](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Daggerhub)\
**Post date:** [13 May 2021 22:58 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/introducing-vishwash-bajpai/17310/1 "2021-05-13T22:58:29Z")

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My name is Vishwash Bajpai. I am currently in my second year and I am doing web development for the past 6-7 months and I have experience in the MERN stack and I have made some projects in this stack also but I am new to open source so can anyone guide me as I know react.js so where should I start.

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**Author:** ![tessus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/tessus/32/13_2.png) [@tessus](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/tessus)\
**Post date:** [14 May 2021 06:11 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/introducing-vishwash-bajpai/17310/2 "2021-05-14T06:11:40Z")

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I'm sorry, but I can't decide, if you are a bot (1) or a person. If the latter I also do not know, whether or not you are serious (2).

1. Writing the entire comment as one sentence seems odd.
2. You are about 2-3 months too late when it comes to GSoC.

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**Author:** ![Daggerhub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/daggerhub/32/8703_2.png) [@Daggerhub](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Daggerhub)\
**Post date:** [14 May 2021 15:11 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/introducing-vishwash-bajpai/17310/3 "2021-05-14T15:11:00Z")

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So I think I should introduce myself once more

I am Vishwash Bajpai. Currently in my second year of undergrad.  
Apart from doing competitive coding, I am now really interested in Front-end-development  
I have built some projects in react.js and I have also built an e-commerce website with MERN stack.  
And I am not targeting this year's GSOC as I know I am pretty late. But first I want to gain some experience in open source.

So, Sir, can you guide me where should I start.

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**Author:** ![franzperdido](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/franzperdido/32/2980_2.png) [@franzperdido](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/franzperdido)\
**Post date:** [14 May 2021 19:59 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/introducing-vishwash-bajpai/17310/4 "2021-05-14T19:59:57Z")

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Competitive coding? Is that really a thing?

Why does everything always have to be a competition? Where would that possibly be useful? I'm not trying to hate on it. Just curious and a bit confused...

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**Author:** ![Daggerhub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/daggerhub/32/8703_2.png) [@Daggerhub](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Daggerhub)\
**Post date:** [15 May 2021 00:05 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/introducing-vishwash-bajpai/17310/5 "2021-05-15T00:05:58Z")

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Realy everything has become a Rat race nowadays.  
Now can you please guide me to contribute to this organization  
with my given skill set.

I really want to start contributing to open source.

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**Author:** ![CalebJohn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/calebjohn/32/356_2.png) [@CalebJohn](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/CalebJohn)\
**Post date:** [15 May 2021 01:04 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/introducing-vishwash-bajpai/17310/6 "2021-05-15T01:04:51Z")

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Hi @Daggerhub

The best place to start is the build document

> <https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/blob/dev/BUILD.md>

After that you can choose a bug from the following list and try your hand at fixing it.

> **[laurent22/joplin](https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/issues?q=is:open+is:issue+label:medium)**
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In the spirit of transparency, this is the beginning of the GSoC season and all regular Joplin devs will be busy helping the GSoC students on-board to the project. This means we likely won'thave much or any time to help you get started. You might find it easier to start contributing in a few months once the initial GSoC period is over and things are smoother here.

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**Author:** ![Daggerhub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/daggerhub/32/8703_2.png) [@Daggerhub](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Daggerhub)\
**Post date:** [15 May 2021 01:45 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/introducing-vishwash-bajpai/17310/7 "2021-05-15T01:45:18Z")

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Firstly I should thank you for helping me out  
And I really understand that all of you would be busy as the GSOC period is starting so I would be happy to try on the bugs and try to solve them.