Plots2: Add First Timers landing page to prominent README position

[jywarren]

Hi, this is a first-timers-only issue. This means we've worked to make it more legible to folks who either haven't contributed to our codebase before, or even folks who haven't contributed to open source before.

If that's you, we're interested in helping you take the first step and can answer questions and help you out as you do. Note that we're especially interested in contributions from people from groups underrepresented in free and open source software!

If you have contributed before, consider leaving this one for someone new, and looking through our general help wanted issues. Thanks!

The problem

First-timer contributors currently often land at:

https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/labels/first-timers-only

or even just generally:

https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/labels/help-wanted

We now have a great new First-Timers landing page at:

https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/projects/2

It's friendly and welcoming -- see this screenshot:

Solution

We should link to it in a prominent and welcoming way in our README, with a friendly note (for example, sourcing text from the landing page itself.

Steps to Fix

• [ ] claim this issue with a comment here, below, and ask any clarifying questions you need
• [ ] set up a repository locally following the README instructions, and make sure that all tests pass
• [ ] try to fix the issue following the steps above, but even before you're done, you can:
• [ ] commit your changes and start a pull request (see contributing to Public Lab software) but mark it as "in progress" if you have questions or if you haven't finished
• [ ] alert someone via the developers list (see below) to have your pull request merged. This may take a few extra steps depending on when you do it, but we'll help you out!

Please email the developers list (see https://publiclab.org/developers) if you have questions!

[ghost]

Hello,
I'd like to work on this issue.
Could you please mark it as in-progress ?

[jywarren]

We'd love your help on this and are happy to offer any assistance you might need. Thanks a lot!

Just curious -- we're trying to improve our outreach to new contributors -- how did you happen to hear about us?

[ghost]

I was looking for interesting rails projects on first-time-users-only and stumbled onto public lab when i saw the word "DIY".

[jywarren]

Thanks a lot -- we really appreciate your contribution! 👍 🎈