Course Resources

Additional materials and references for the Open Source Development course

Modified

July 1, 2025

Open Source Development: Course Resources

This page contains additional resources, references, and tools to support your learning journey in open source development.

Essential Reading

Books

Articles and Papers

Online Courses and Tutorials

Tools and Platforms

Version Control

Development Environments

Collaboration Tools

Documentation

Continuous Integration

Community Resources

Organizations

Events and Conferences

Programs

Projects for Beginners

Looking for projects to contribute to? Here are some repositories that are welcoming to new contributors:

Course-Specific Materials

Templates

  • Project README template
  • Contribution guidelines template
  • Code of conduct template
  • Issue and pull request templates

Code Samples

  • Example Git workflows
  • Sample CI/CD configurations
  • Test suite examples
  • Documentation examples

Cheat Sheets

  • Git commands cheat sheet
  • GitHub workflow cheat sheet
  • Open source license comparison chart
  • Documentation best practices

This resource list will be updated throughout the course. If you have suggestions for additional resources, please share them in the course forum.