Key Insights from Contributing to Flutter SDK

I’ve been contributing to the Flutter SDK for a while now. It’s more than just writing code. In these slides, I’ve highlighted my learnings in areas such as communication, issue triaging, good documentation, writing better tests, etc. This was presented at GDG Gandhinagar DevFest 2024.

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1. key insights from contributing to Flutter SDK
2. Communication
3. Sync ❌
4. Async ✅
5. GitHub
6. Discord
7. Issue Triaging
8. Filing a Proposal
9. Labelling
10. Verifying a Bug
11. Good Documentation
12. Interactive Samples 🌻
13. Create a new Example
14. Embed it in Code
15. Embed it in Code
16. Doc Page 👌
17. Doc Templates 💡
18. Add a new Template
19. Add a new Template
20. Add a new Template
21. Use that Template
22. Use that Template
23. Eliminate Verbosity ❌
24. Add Key Details ✅
25. Test Cases
26. Test Likh
28. Verifying Assignment ❌
29. Verifying Assignment ❌
30. Verifying Assignment ❌
31. Verifying Effect ✅
32. Verifying Effect ✅
33. Verifying Effect ✅
35. Testing Customs 🏁
36. Testing Customs 🏁
37. Testing Defaults ✅
38. Impact Analysis
39. Right Approach
40. Right Approach
41. Right Approach ElevatedButton FilledButton TextButton OutlinedButton
42. Breaking Change
43. • DropDownMenu uses a TextField • TextButton.icon uses a Row Composition Philosophy • Better understanding of Widgets
44. Wins
45. Notable Commits
46. Notable Commits
47. Release Announcement Blog
48. Flutter Merge Twitter Bot
49. Release Cycle github.com/justinmc/flutter_releases
51. thank you :) tirth.today