How can a Newbie get started?

[kedpak]

Hello, I came across IPFS and am very interested in the idea. I am a relatively new programmer, been programing for about a year. Im curious, how can I get started with contributing to ipfs open source? What should I learn/familiarize myself with, and what kind of tools should I learn? What is the ideal implementation JS or Go?

[lidel]

Hello,

JS and GO implementations are complimentary, each one has its own strengths and both are developed as reference implementations.

Some links to get familiar with community practices:

• IPFS: An Overview of Project and Community
• Want to hack on IPFS? Awesome! Here are instructions to get you started
  • Contribution Guidelines
    • Guidelines for JavaScript projects
    • Go Contribution Guidelines
      • Learn to use gx (used for dependency management)

Hope it helps!