Getting started

Want to help? First of all, thank you for your interest!

Join us on Slack at http://slack.electricitymaps.com to see what we are working on and to get in touch with other contributors.

Here are some ways to contribute:

• Find data sources
• Verify data sources
• Updating region capacities
• Building a new parser
• Fixing a broken parser
• Changes to the frontend
• Translating the app

Steps to making a code contribution

Follow these steps to make your contribution:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Clone your fork of the repository.
3. Set up and start your local environment (see steps here).
4. Make your code changes and test them in your local environment.
5. Push your changes to your fork.
6. Submit a pull request to bring your contribution into the production version.

Getting Started with Git and GitHub

We want to make sure that new and experienced users understand how to use Git and GitHub. Whether experienced or just starting, Git is a very powerful tool, simple to use. For those just starting to use this tool for the first time, “Welcome”! Git and GitHub might be intimidating at first, but with a little practice, you will be a Git pro in no time. And don’t worry, even experienced GitHub users need to go back and resharpen their Git tools. Here is a link to GitHub’s Documentation: GitHub Docs. It was an abundance of knowledge. Also, here is the Git tool documentation Git - Documentation (git-scm.com).

• GitHub Download - GitHub Desktop
• GitHub Documentation - GitHub Docs
• Git Download - Git (git-scm.com)
• Git Documentation - Git - Documentation