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May The Source Be With You! Articles about Open Source and Free Software as a philosophy, and its application to software development and project management.

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UPDATED APRIL 8, 2020

To keep this tag clean and meaningful, please ensure your post fits into at least one of the following categories:

Organizing, managing, running, or working in an Open Source project.
Open Source philosophy, licensing, and/or practical and legal topics thereof.
Advocacy and adoption of Open Source philosophy.

DO NOT use this tag if you are simply using technologies which happen to be open source.

You should NOT use this tag for any of the following:

Promoting open source projects, such as feature lists or announcements. (Use #news or Listings.)
Contributor requests. (Use #contributorswanted or Listings.)
Tutorials/articles that happen to use an open source tool. (Use appropriate technology tags.)
Showing off something you've built that happens to be open source. (Use the #showdev tag.)
Sharing lists of open source projects. (Use #githunt or the appropriate technology tags.)

Projects must comply with the Open Source Definition (see below) to legally use the term "open source".

As all "Free Software" officially complies with the standards of Open Source anyway, this tag covers both (collectively, FOSS).

about #opensource

Open Source is so much more than "you can read the code". It is formally defined by the Open Source Initiative.

"Open Source" should not be confused with the similar Free Software, which is defined by the Free Software Foundation. Generally, all Free Software is also Open Source, and the two camps often cooperate; however, the concepts are distinct! (The tags are merged here on DEV.to for simplicity, however.)

Open Source Hardware is defined and overseen by the Open Source Hardware Assocation

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Nov 13 '23

Rules evaluation in Scala with Erules and Cats

#programming #scala #tutorial #opensource

3 min read

Nov 13 '23

The One API - DevHunt Digest #6

#opensource #devhunt #api #backend

6 min read

Nov 13 '23

The Significance of Documentation in Open-Source Software Projects

#opensource #documentation #softwaredevelopment #newbie

3 min read

Nov 12 '23

Hello World, this is Cipherchat! 🐈‍⬛

#opensource #webdev #coding #javascript

4 min read

Alex for OpenSign

Nov 10 '23

Introducing OpenSign™: The Open Source Revolution in Digital Signatures

#opensource #javascript #webdev #react

4 min read

Roy J. Wignarajah

Nov 12 '23

C++ Unit Testing Using Google Test - My Experience

#programming #beginners #opensource #cpp

5 min read

Luc Gagan

Nov 11 '23

Introducing Auto Playwright: Transforming Playwright Tests with AI

#playwright #testing #opensource #ai

2 min read

Nov 11 '23

Web Authentication (WebAuthn): Enhancing Security and User Experience in Web Applications

#webdev #javascript #programming #opensource

3 min read

Pasquale De Lucia

Nov 11 '23

Diving into the Open Source Realm: My Qwik Journey Begins! 🚀🌐

#opensource #qwik #webdev #javascript

1 min read

Eric Allam for Trigger.dev

Oct 24 '23

🎉 17 Javascript repositories to become the best developer in the world 🌍

#webdev #javascript #programming #opensource

8 min read

Nov 11 '23

Getting Started with Git and GitHub: A Beginner's Guide

#beginners #git #github #opensource

4 min read

Shreya for Firecamp

Nov 6 '23

🔥 Top 11 Open Source Innovators Who Shaped the Developer World as We Live Today 🔭🔭

#webdev #javascript #opensource #programming

6 min read

Namatuzio

Nov 10 '23

CI/CD Part 1: Unit/Integration Testing

#testing #python #opensource #beginners

4 min read

OpenSource

Nov 10 '23

GNU Public License (GPL) vs. MIT: Choosing the best for Open Source

#opensource #programming #development #beginners

2 min read

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Oct 21 '23

Accelerate Your Career 👩🏻‍💻 by Contributing to these 9 Repositories 🔥

#webdev #javascript #beginners #opensource

7 min read

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