Welcome to the Coding Memes & Jokes repository! A place to share your favorite coding memes and jokes, and also a perfect opportunity for your first Pull Request during Hacktoberfest 2023!

1. 🎯 Celebrate Open Source: Hacktoberfest encourages participation in the open-source community, which grows bigger every year.

2. 🏆 Receive a unique digital reward: Participants with four pull/merge requests accepted between October 1 and October 31 will receive a unique digital reward.

3. 🎉 Share Laughs: Bring a smile to fellow developers by sharing your favorite coding memes and jokes.

4. 🌐Community Engagement: You become a part of the global open-source community. You can engage in discussions, share your knowledge, and learn from others.

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graph LR
A[Memes Collection <br> Repository] --> B(Web Dev Contributors)
A --> C(Meme & Joke <br> Contributors)
B --> D( Modify code to <br>enhance the website)
C --> E(Contribute Jokes)
C --> F(Contribute Memes)

Step1: Fork The Repository

• Use the button at the top right to fork this repository.

  Note: Don't forget to give a star before forking this repository

• You will be directed to "Create a new fork" page, the details will be already filled by default.

• Click on the "Create fork" button on the bottom-right of the page.

  Now you can freely work on this forked repository of your without affecting the main repository.

Step2: Clone The Forked Repository

• Click on the green color dropdown button with "<>Code" written on it.
• Copy the HTTPS link given in it.
• Open Git Bash in any folder on your local device and then give the following command.

• git clone <paste the link here>
  

Step3: Navigate to the repository and create a new Branch

• Open the folder which you have just cloned.

  Note: The default name of the folder will be "hacktoberfest2023-memes-collection"

• Open this folder in VScode.
• Before you make any modifications in any file you must always clear a new branch for the respecitve branch to do so, open git bash in the current folder i.e "hacktoberfest2023-memes-collection" and then give the following command.

• git branch adding-joke
  or
  git checkout -b adding-joke
  

  Note: By using the above command a new branch named "adding-joke" will be created which signifies that this branch is going to be used for adding new joke

• Once you are done with the above steps.

• Open new VScode terminal for the folder and give the following commands:

  npm install
  npm start
  

• After doing this the website will open up in you default browser and thus you will be able to see working the website.

• For Memes: Add your meme to the src/MemesCollection.json file in the following format:

  {
  "id": <unique-id>,
  "path": "<path-to-your-meme>"
  }

  Make sure to replace <unique-id> and <path-to-your-meme> with the appropriate values. Place your meme image in the src/memes/ folder with the same name as the path value in the MemesCollection.json file.

• For Jokes: Add your joke to the src/JokesCollection.json file in the following format:

  { "id": <unique-id> , "joke": "<your-joke>", "contributor": "<your-name>" }

  Make sure to replace <unique-id>, <your-joke>, and <your-name> with the appropriate values.

  For id, simply increment the last id in the array. Double-check to be unique (no one else used the same id).

• After completing all the changes which you have made its time to commit it and then raise a pull request.

• Stage Your Changes: in Git bash (for the respective "hacktoberfest2023-memes-collection") start giving the following command.

  git add -A
  or
  git add myfolder/file1.js
  

  Note: git add -A will stage all the files which are changes, which sometimes can be a problem, use it only when you have a good idea about this command else you can use the command git add myfolder/file1.js, here myfolder/file1.js is the path of the folder "file1.js" in which you made the changes

• Commit Your Changes:

  git commit -m "Write a short discription about your commit"
  eg
  git commit -m "Added new Meme/Joke"
  or
  git commit -m "Modified the footer"
  

• Push to Your Fork:

  git push origin main <branch-name>
  eg
  git push origin main adding-joke
  

  This will push all your changes to your forked repository in your GitHub account

• Creating a Pull Request: After doing all this go to your github account -> open the folder repository -> switch to the branch in which you have made the changes -> You will find a message being displayed at the top saying "this branch is n commits ahead of the original repository" -> Create pull Request (PR) Give a sort title to your PR and a brief discription to it.

For more detailed contribution guidelines, please read CONTRIBUTING.md.

We believe in fostering an inclusive community. All contributors are expected to adhere to our Code of Conduct. In case of any violations, the maintainers reserve the right to take appropriate actions.

Make sure you submit more than 4 pull requests. Sometimes, due to various reasons, one of your PRs might not be counted by Hacktoberfest, so having extra PRs can ensure you secure your SWAGS!