The Hacktobestfest ended last month and, through this journey, I have learned many new things.

Challenges

The first challenge I had when working on Hacktoberfest's issues was setting up the project in the local machine. I was a little bit ambitious at the beginning and I chose only the big projects. Obviously, these projects had many packages, test projects, and databases setup processes. In the end, I gave up working on some issues due to the complexity of installation and local development.

Lessons

Even thought I have not successfully made four merge pull requests this time, this experience is still worth trying. I have discovered how to write integration tests and what .Net Bot is. Another thing I realize is the way to contribute to an open-source project and git commands.
In addition, I appreciate the project's owners for spending time reviewing my pr. They were patient, they suggested changes and waited for me to fix my code.
I contributed my part to the project, learned a lot in return, and that is the beauty of open source and good karma.