Community Contributions Guide

[adamschroeder]

Hello,
Thank you for your interest in becoming a Plotly contributor. We’ve put together a list of contribution opportunities that you can review. To learn more about each opportunity and join the community efforts, please email adam@plot.ly or message Adam directly on the forum.

Real-life Dashboard Challenge

Each month, a group of experienced Plotly community members comes together for a unique collaboration: building a custom dashboard for a company or organization to tackle real, meaningful data challenges.

These projects take many forms. Some organizations need an internal dashboard to help teams better understand and act on their data. Others want a public-facing app that clearly communicates their mission and impact to stakeholders. In some cases, the challenge involves designing or improving a data pipeline to facilitate future analytics work.

All of this work is done completely free of charge as part of the monthly Plotly App-Building Challenge — a community-driven initiative focused on learning, collaboration, and real-world impact.

If you think your company or organization would be a strong candidate, fill out the Interest Form or email me at adam@plot.ly.

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Contribution Opportunities:

Plotly University

Teach the world how to build dashboards that solve real-world problems. If you enjoy creating dashboards and writing about it, email adam@plot.ly to join the Plotly University team.

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Plotly Meetups in Your City

Would you like to grow your own professional network while learning more about your city?

See if there’s an upcoming Plotly Meetup in your city. And if there isn’t, suggest your own meetup by submitting an event on Plotly Luma. Plotly will support you throughout the whole process. Email adam@plot.ly or message @adamschroeder on the forum for more information.

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Open Source Development

1. Based on your area of interest, you can check out the issues created in the following GitHub repositories:

   • Plotly.py
   • Plotly.js
   • Dash
   • Dash AG Grid

2. Once you identify an issue that you believe you can contribute to, you can comment directly within the issue thread. If you have questions about a particular issue, please email adam@plot.ly.

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Dash App examples

Go through the Example Apps page to get a better understanding of the apps we chose to highlight.

If you’re excited about building professional Dash apps and would like your app to be highlighted, click the SHARE YOUR APP button in the Example Apps page to learn more about the criteria for app submissions. You can also share your app creations on the show-and-tell tag.

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Dash Example Index

If you’d like to build apps that help others learn Dash, the Dash Example Index project might be the right option for you.

Think of the app you’d like to build and contribute. Then, suggest your app by starting a new issue.

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Community Components

If you wish to take advantage of your developer skillset, help enrich our community component index by adding a new Dash component.

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Community Meetups

Are you itching to share your new Dash component, data visualization or app with the community, or just want to meet other community members?

Join our Community Meetups on the last Thursday of every month. Email adam@plot.ly to get the monthly invite.
Also, we’d love to see your creations on the show-and-tell tag.

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