D Contributor Tutorials Part 1 - Building the Compiler From Source

[Mike Parker]

Have you ever considered hacking on the D compiler but were 
intimidated by the build process? Dennis Korpel has been working 
on a series of video tutorials aimed at helping potential 
contributors establish a foundation from which to start 
contributing code.

In this first tutorial of the series, he gives an overview of 
what happens when compiling a D source file, then shows how to 
set up an environment from which to build dmd and the standard 
library/runtime binary. The next video will use this setup to 
start making changes to dmd.

https://youtu.be/iLN4rQkk4Fs

The plan is to publish a new tutorial in the series every two 
weeks, so you can look for the next tutorial on January 22.

Thanks to Dennis for offering to put these videos together. Even 
a short video like this one takes a significant time investment 
to go from concept to publication. I'm certain there are people 
out there who will find them beneficial.