Releasing your code out into the world as an open source project can be intimidating. But remember, every single Swift developer in the world has between 0 and 14 months experience. This is just one of the many reasons why I think you, yes YOU!, should take on the challenge. I'll share a bit about my experience building SwiftRequest and why it's been a rewarding journey... even if no one else uses it :)

1. BUILD AN OPEN
SOURCE SWIFT
PROJECT
- @RICKYROBINETT

2. HELLO WORLD!
- @RICKYROBINETT

9. WHY BUILD AN OPEN
SOURCE SWIFT PROJECT…
EVEN IF NO ONE USES IT

10. LEARN

11. BE HUMBLED

12. UNDERSTAND OPTIONALS
!…MAYBE?

13. WE’RE IN THIS TOGETHER

14. STEP 1:
PICK AN IDEA

15. WHAT ARE YOU
EXCITED ABOUT?
PICK AN IDEA

18. MEET
SWIFTREQUEST

19. WHAT IF SOMEONE
ALREADY BUILT IT?
PICK AN IDEA

21. STEP 2:
START CODING

24. “IF YOU ARE NOT
EMBARRASSED BY THE FIRST
VERSION OF YOUR PRODUCT,
YOU’VE LAUNCHED TOO
LATE.” - REID HOFFMAN
START CODING

25. STEP 3:
MAKE FRIENDS

30. STEP 4:
WAIT FOR APPLE TO
BREAK YOUR
LIBRARY

31. :-/

32. RINSE AND REPEAT

33. BUILD AN OPEN
SOURCE SWIFT
PROJECT

34. Send a text msg to:
(718) 705-4549
Scale 0-10: How likely are you to
recommend this talk to a colleague
or friend?
0 - Not likely at all
10 - Extremely likely

35. THANKS +
QUESTIONS?
- @RICKYROBINETT