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Discovering your Impact

A Beginner's Guide to Flutter Repository Contribution

Damilola Alimi

Open Source Support Engineer, Codemagic

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Let’s Discuss!

What is Open Source?

Why Contribute to Open Source?

Open Source Contribution isn’t for me

Debunking some myths

How can I contribute to Flutter?

Developing for Flutter

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The best journey is the one that is taken with good company. ~ Unknown

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Open source is a term used to describe software that is freely available for anyone to use, modify, and share. It's a collaborative effort where developers and contributors from worldwide come together to build, innovate, and share. Open-source software powers the internet, from the websites we visit to the apps we use. It's everywhere, and it's here to stay.

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So, If you've ever used Firefox, WordPress, or VLC Media Player, you've used open-source software.

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Most importantly, if you are building with Flutter, you are using an Open Source software.

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What is Open Source?

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Mentoring

Learn Something New

Impact the Community

Improve the software you rely on daily

Build up your reputation

It's fun and gives personal satisfaction

Why Contribute to Open Source?

I’m a 10x Developer, what does open source have to offer me

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  • I should be a PRO to land a PR

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  • I’m worried about asking help from the maintainers.

Open Source Contribution isn’t for me

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Debunking some Myths

  • Open Source contribution is hard.
  • Writing documentation & creating issues are not open source contributions.

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  • Helping out in the issue database
  • Quality Assurance
  • Outreach
  • API documentation
  • Releases
  • Developing for Flutter

How Can I Contribute to Flutter

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Developing for Flutter

  • Select a Repository

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  • Read through the Issue Hygiene and the Style Guide

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Developing for Flutter

  • Unsure of what to do? Talk to the maintainers
  • A fix for an issue you are experiencing? Create an issue

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Developing for Flutter

  • Fork the repository, clone it, and make changes to fix the issue.
  • Write Tests for your changes and fix broken tests if any

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Developing for Flutter

  • Wait for reviews and work on it. Once you receive an LGTM comment on your PR, it will be ready to be merged.

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  • Don’t send a PR without creating an issue.
  • Read the CONTRIBUTING guide.
  • Don’t use dartfmt in the Flutter repository.
  • One PR for one fix, no matter how small the fix is.
  • Be open to changes, and healthy conversation
  • Don’t forget to follow up on the reviews.

Extra Tips/Information

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Thank You

@dammy_alimi