Swift Website Workgroup - Meeting Notes: 31st January 2023

[daveverwer]

Attendees

• @0xTim
• @James_Dempsey
• @alexandersandberg
• @daveverwer
• @kaishin
• @mishal_shah
• @tomerd

Completed action items from 17th Jan

• @daveverwer followed up on the blog post proposal and a draft is in progress.
• @James_Dempsey added a link to TSPL book in the Go Further section of the content improvement branch, and @kaishin updated the layout CSS.
• @daveverwer clarified some of the initial paragraphs of the content improvement branch around the Swift Package Manager and added an introduction to the Using Swift section
• @kaishin added thumbnails for the videos in the Go Further section of the content improvements branch.
• @0xTim opened the PR for the Vapor tutorial in the content improvements branch.
• @kaishin opened and merged a PR adding arrows to external links.

Notes

• Publishing SWWG meeting notes
  • @tomerd raised the issue that we have fallen behind with publishing meeting notes publicly.
  • We will begin the next meeting with ten minutes dedicated to approving all pending meeting notes.
• Community blog posts
  • @kaishin suggested tracking blog post proposals and progress somewhere. The group discussed when this may be necessary and concluded that it was a good idea for the future.
  • @daveverwer will continue to discuss the current proposal and will catch up with the author before the next meeting.
• Content improvements
  • @alexandersandberg opened PR226 with a new section linking to the documentation, including translations and other useful links.
    • @alexandersandberg will take the discussion and feedback on this PR and make amendments and consolidate the documentation links on the getting started page.
  • The group discussed reviewing tutorial content again:
    • @kaishin will go over the CLI and library guides.
    • @0xTim will follow the SwiftUI tutorial and add screenshots.
    • @tomerd and @James_Dempsey will review the Vapor tutorial.
  • The workgroup has agreed to target the next SWWG meeting in mid-February to have the content-improvements branch ready for external input.
  • @mishal_shah reported back on progress with the install page and clarified that only the UI changes on this page are tied to the content improvements branch and that the back-end changes can go live independently.
    • @mishal_shah and @tomerd to continue work on the install page.
• Open Pull Requests
  • @mishal_shah opened an issue after looking at PR131 and @ishaanbedi kindly took it and implemented it in PR215. Thanks Ishaan!
  • @kaishin will resolve the outstanding conflicts on PR157 and merge. All approved.
  • @mishal_shah will restore the missing branch that will fix PR223 .
• Workgroup admin and process
  • Carried over from the previous meeting for @0xTim to look into adding a bi-weekly reminder to Slack for agenda items.
• The workgroup discussed the open pitch for the Swift Contributor Experience Workgroup and how it will bring additional focus on contribution-focused content into the SWWG discussions.