This is really cool. Thanks for initiating! If you want to jump onto the next round of GSOC/Outreachy, the call for projects/mentors is still open. You can drop ideas for projects here: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T270429.
Best, Birgit
On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 8:44 AM Kunal Mehta legoktm@member.fsf.org wrote:
Hi everyone,
We are starting a user group for people interested in spreading the adoption of the Rust programming language[1] in the Wikimedia movement. If you're not familiar with it, Rust is a systems programming language that aims to provide the trifecta of safety, concurrency and speed. It's very fun to use (rated #1 favorite language in Stack Overflow's survey 5 years and counting) and has fantastic tooling.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Rust_developers_user_group
If you're already using Rust or looking to get started - please sign up!
The current proposed goals of the user group are:
- Develop a rich toolkit of Rust libraries and applications for working
with Wikimedia and MediaWiki projects and APIs
- Make Rust a first-class language in Wikimedia infrastructure like
Toolforge
- Encourage the usage of Rust where appropriate to build safer and
better tools
- Assist others who end up encountering Rust and need help (e.g. when
upstreams adopt Rust)
- Mentor new developers who are interested in contributing technically
to the Wikimedia movement, including through programs like GSoC and Outreachy
Have other ideas of what we could do? Please suggest them on the talk page!
[1] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q575650 [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Rust_developers_user_group
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