Contributing to Swift

Swift is open source, and that means that any of us can dive in and get involved. No idea how to get involved? Neither did I! In this talk I’ll tell the story of the tiny contribution I made to Swift, and explore some ways you can help out too.

As presented at iOSoHo on May 8th 2017 https://www.meetup.com/iOSoho/events/238089171/

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1. Contributing
   to Swift
   by @neilkimmett
   

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2. HARRY’S
   

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17. http://bugreport.apple.com/
    

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20. http://bugreport.apple.com/
    

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22. https://swift.org
    

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23. https://github.com/apple/swift
    

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31. ‼
    

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34. https://github.com/apple/swift/pull/1323
    

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38. What can I do?
    

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39. https://lists.swift.org
    

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40. https://stylemac.com/hirundo/
    

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41. https://apple.github.io/swift-evolution/
    

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42. https://swiftweekly.github.io
    

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43. https://spec.fm/podcasts/swift-unwrapped
    

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44. @jckarter
    Joe Groff
    @UINT_MIN
    Jordan Rose
    @dgregor79
    Doug Gregor
    @tkremenek
    Ted Kremenek
    @ericasadun
    Erica Sadun
    @modocache
    Brian Gesiak
    

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46. https://bugs.swift.org
    

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47. https://github.com/apple/swift
    

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48. git clone https://github.com/apple/swift.git
    mkdir swift-source
    cd swift-source
    ./swift/utils/update-checkout --clone
    

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49. Ninja
    

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50. brew install cmake ninja
    

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51. utils/build-script -h
    

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52. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnT2ZeHVJe4
    

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53. https://news.realm.io/news/tryswift-jesse-squires-contributing-open-source-swift/
    Jesse Squires - Contributing to Open Source Swift
    

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54. https://news.realm.io/news/slug-russ-bishop-contributing-open-source-swift-proposal/
    Russ Bishop - Contributing to Swift: From Proposal to Shipped
    

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55. No-one has any idea
    what they’re doing
    

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58. Thanks!
    from @neilkimmett
    

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