News for Developers

ELI5: Litho - Simplifying User Interface for Android

In this post, we discuss Litho, a framework for building efficient User Interfaces (UI) for Android. If you're interested in watching a video on this topic, check out an episode of ELI5 series about this open source project on our Facebook Open Source YouTube channel. Why Litho? Most mobile applications today look pretty similar: endless scroll...

Open Source 2021

March 1, 2021

Facebook Open Source Community Spotlight Wrap-Up

This article was written in collaboration with Cami Williams, an Open Source Developer Advocate at Facebook. We wanted to take the time to thank the open source community members who have inspired and motivated us in the last year. In our Community Spotlight series on the Facebook Open Source Twitter page, we featured the following individuals for...

Open Source 2021

February 18, 2021

ELI5: Hack - Programming Productivity Without Breaking Things

This article was written in collaboration with Joe Previte, an Open Source Developer Advocate at Facebook. In this post, we explain Hack, a programming language focused on productivity and type safety, in a way that is super simple to understand (or, as it’s commonly known online, ELI5). If you're interested in learning by watching or listening,...

Open Source 2021

February 16, 2021

ELI5: Yoga - Cross-Platform Layout Engine

In this post, we will discuss Yoga, an open source, cross-platform layout engine. If you are more of a visual learner, watch our short video on this topic on our YouTube channel. Why Yoga? People will often view the same website across a variety of devices, browsers and screen sizes. Since every platform has its way of displaying content, web...

Open Source 2021

February 1, 2021

Open Source: 2020 Year in Review

This article was written in collaboration with Dmitry Vinnik, an Open Source Developer Advocate at Facebook. There is no denying that 2020 was a challenging year for many of us in so many different ways. Despite these challenges, we saw more projects going live and more people contributing to the growth of open source worldwide. ...

Open Source 2021

January 28, 2021

Reflecting on a year of innovation with our developer and creator ecosystem

As a team committed to enabling growth and innovation, we feel so honored to create opportunities that drive value for global developers and creators - and the projects, businesses and ideas that matter to them. By curating events like hackathons and developer jams, as well as providing access to technical resources and our product teams, we’re...

Augmented Reality Open Source

December 21, 2020

ELI5: Flow - Static Type Checker for JavaScript

This article was written in collaboration with Joe Previte, an Open Source Developer Advocate at Facebook. In this post, we explain Flow, a static type checker for JavaScript, in a way that is super simple to understand (or as it’s commonly known online, ELI5). If you're interested in learning by watching or listening, check out a video about this...

Open Source 2020

December 14, 2020

ELI5: Docusaurus - Making Documentation Easy

In this post, we will briefly talk about Docusaurus, a website building tool that makes it easy to develop, maintain and deploy a documentation site. If you prefer to learn about Docusaurus in a short video rather than a blog post, go to the Facebook Open Source YouTube channel to watch another episode of ELI5. ...

Open Source 2020

November 30, 2020

2020 Developer Circles Community Challenge regional winners announced

It’s often said that one of the best ways to learn is to become the teacher. That’s why, for this year’s Developer Circles Community Challenge, we invited developers and creators to put an innovative spin on technical education by creating tutorials that showcase the capabilities of Facebook technologies. Participants created step-by-step written...

Augmented Reality Open Source

November 18, 2020