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**Type of activity:** Pre-scheduled session **Main topic:** How to grow our technical community == The problem == JavaScript is one of the most popular programming languages of today, yet its role on Wikimedia projects is small, underestimated, neglected and highly disorganized. How can we gather, coordinate and grow a community that can unleash all the potential of this web technology? == Expected outcome == * Better documentation on the best current practices to develop JavaScript code for the Wikimedia projects. * A roadmap of what needs to be done to make JavaScript development as pleasant and efficient as possible. == Links == * [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Gadget_kitchen | Gadget kitchen ]] - Current portal for JavaScript development. * [[ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Gadget-ProveIt | ProveIt ]] - One of the most advanced gadgets available. * [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns/Developing_a_fully_internationalized_and_centralized_gadget | Developing a fully internationalized and centralized gadget ]] - Learning pattern based on the ongoing development of ProveIt

**Type of activity:** Pre-scheduled session **Main topic:** How to grow our technical community == The problem == JavaScript is one of the most popular programming languages of today, yet its role on Wikimedia projects is small, underestimated, neglected and highly disorganized. How can we gather, coordinate and grow a community that can unleash all the potential of this web technology? == Expected outcome == * Better documentation on the best current practices to develop JavaScript code for the Wikimedia projects. * A roadmap of what needs to be done to make JavaScript development as pleasant and efficient as possible. == Links == * [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Gadget_kitchen | Gadget kitchen ]] - Current portal for gadget development. * [[ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Gadget-ProveIt | ProveIt ]] - One of the most advanced gadgets available. * [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns/Developing_a_fully_internationalized_and_centralized_gadget | Developing a fully internationalized and centralized gadget ]] - Learning pattern based on the ongoing development of ProveIt.

**Type of activity:** Pre-scheduled session **Main topic:** How to grow our technical community == The problem == JavaScript is one of the most popular programming languages of today, yet its role on Wikimedia projects is small, underestimated, neglected and highly disorganized. How can we gather, coordinate and grow a community that can unleash all the potential of this web technology? == Expected outcome == * Better documentation on the best current practices to develop JavaScript code for the Wikimedia projects. * A roadmap of what needs to be done to make JavaScript development as pleasant and efficient as possible. == Links == * [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Gadget_kitchen | Gadget kitchen ]] - Current portal for JavaScripgadget development. * [[ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Gadget-ProveIt | ProveIt ]] - One of the most advanced gadgets available. * [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns/Developing_a_fully_internationalized_and_centralized_gadget | Developing a fully internationalized and centralized gadget ]] - Learning pattern based on the ongoing development of ProveIt.