# Fortran goals for 2022

**URL:** <https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/fortran-goals-for-2022/2473>\
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**Created:** [December 30, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/fortran-goals-for-2022/2473 "2021-12-30T21:40:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/fortran-goals-for-2022/2473/18 "2022-01-04T15:03:17Z")

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What I’d like to work on:

- More fpm
  - build profiles in the manifest
  - refactoring ?
  - An official package hosting site

- Development and prototyping of Generics features
  - I’d like to start contributing to LFortran for this

- More courses and tutorials
  - I’m already working on my next course (details to come)
  - I’d like to find time and topics to put out more YouTube videos

What else I’d like to see:

- More widespread Fortran 2018 support in compilers
- (At least) Alpha releases of the upcoming compilers (flang, ifx, LFortran)
- More tools, specifically things like:
  - a formatter (comparable to clang-format or similar tools for other languages)
  - a linter (comparable to clippy or similar tools for other languages)

- An online learning environment
  - Think hosted Jupyter notebooks, but for Fortran (probably using LFortran)
  - I would be willing to collaborate on this

- More widespread adoption of stdlib
  - I’d like to see sufficient, crucial functionality added and people using it (with fpm) to prove it’s value and ensure it won’t go away any time soon

I think the community has built up a lot of momentum and if we keep it up I think we can accomplish a ton this year. I’m very optimistic about the future.

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