Python is an object-oriented language created in the early 90’s by Guido van Rossum. It is used by major corporations like Google, Dropbox, Mozilla, Ebay, Paypal and many others. Since Python is an open source language, contributions from the public are encourage and welcomed.
For the last few weeks, I decided to install it on my machines and start reading the documentation. Python’s documentation is well written and easy to follow. The first thing I did was to start reading the PEP files. PEP stands for Python Enhancement Proposals. These documents are text files submitted by the community to enhance the language. One of the most popular PEP is PEP 8 which is the style guide for Python code.
When I started reading PEP 3, there was a broken link. I tested this issue with different browsers and I was always getting a 404 error. So I decided to email the python development group. Within a few hours, I got a response from Victor that indeed PEP 3 had a broken link and he gave me the correct link. I was in the process of creating a new bug and submit a patch but a core developer was able to update the link.
Based on the positive response and support I received from the python contributors, I plan to keep contributing to the python code. If you want to start contributing to Python, go to the developer’s guide to get familiar with the documentation and source code.