[WSO2Con EU 2017] How to Learn and Contribute to Ballerina
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The document discusses Ballerina, a general-purpose programming language optimized for enterprise integration that features both textual and graphical syntax. It highlights its ease of learning and resources available for developers, including tutorials and community involvement on platforms like GitHub and Slack. The author encourages participation in ongoing contributions to Ballerina and outlines various ways to get started with the language.
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[WSO2Con EU 2017] How to Learn and Contribute to Ballerina
- 1. Director Solutions Architecture, WSO2 How to Learn and Contribute to Ballerina Senaka Fernando
- 2. • Ballerina - What, Why, Who? • What motivated me to learn Ballerina • Contributing to Ballerina Outline
- 3. • A general purpose, concurrent and strongly typed programming language • Optimized for Enterprise Integration • With both textual and graphical syntaxes What is Ballerina
- 4. A Programming Language for the ‘Networked World’
- 7. • It’s easy to learn and code in Ballerina - many examples available and more to come • It’s designed for the right kind of technology • It’s kind of cool - you need to try it! What Motivated Me?
- 9. The Way I See ‘Serverless’
- 10. Learning Ballerina is Easy
- 11. • Download “Tools + Runtime” • Start the composer (cd bin; ./composer) • Open http://localhost:9091/ on a browser • Try out the Hello World sample Getting Started with Ballerina Open https://ballerinalang.org/ on a Browser
- 17. More Examples
- 18. • Copy to Clipboard • Create New • Paste in source view and open in design view Experimenting with Examples Visit https://ballerinalang.org/docs/by-example/
- 20. • F1 (or fn+F1) loads Ballerina by example • In the Design View, use the Compact View to make things easier to read • In the Source View you can fold and expand source code Ballerina Editor Tips and Tricks A Few Things to Remember
- 21. • Click each box to preview • Use the Jump to Source to toggle the view • It is easier to set breakpoints in Source View Ballerina Editor Tips and Tricks A Few Things to Remember
- 23. It’s Easy to Import Swagger
- 27. • Stackoverflow • Slack channel • Ballerina developer mailing list • GitHub Getting Involved
- 29. • https://github.com/ballerinalang/ballerina/issues • Improving/extending IDE support • Connectors for Ballerina • Ballerina tracks at this conference Getting Involved - Ways to Contribute
- 30. The ‘Ballerina BoF’ is Up Next Join Us!
- 31. wso2.com