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Development

Welcome

This is the place for all Foswiki developers: programmers, translators, documentors, designers, and graphic artists.

We are always looking for new contributors with a special expertise or just plain motivation. You can make Foswiki better! Find out how you can help.

Plugin and Contrib developers may want to start with the Developers Guide for Extensions.

The project overview gives a high-level view of the processes that developers use to collaborate successfully.

Feature development

ReleasePlan - list of the planned releases including key components and their timelines
Release Process - how feature requests are handled, and how you can add a request
FeatureProposals - propose a new feature for Foswiki
- New - Investigated - Ready - Accepted - Proposals
Brainstorming index - list of brainstorming topics to discuss future development
RequirementsAnalysis - discussion and analysis of requirements

Developers

Getting Started - introduction if you want to be a Foswiki contributor
Developer's Bible - includes information on processes, tools, frameworks, and guidelines
Current developers - list of all current developers with Git access

Getting the code

Git Repository - using git to track the latest Foswiki developments
GitHub - all repositories holding the core as well as extension code
Using Git
Download - latest release
Nightly builds

Areas of contribution

Core: develop features of the core package that everyone gets when they first install Foswiki
Extensions: develop extensions that sit on the edges of Foswiki, enhancing functionality in some way. Extensions can be publicly released via the Extensions web. Extensions may be extras such as skins, or language translations. Some contributions also extend the core code - for example, to add a new authentication scheme.

Testing and reporting

Tasks and Bugs - report any bugs here
ExternalTracking - tracking external TWiki^® changes to be incorporate to Foswiki
SecurityAlertProcess - How to submit security holes and how the community handles reports and discloses security alerts