Title: GettingInvolved

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## Getting Involved
Getting involved with Aries is easy. First, any help is welcome and we
welcome you on board. Here are some suggestions for how you can get
involved in Aries:

* Take a look at the existing modules 
 to identify what areas you are interested in.
* Take a look at the [Aries proposal](http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/AriesProposal)
 to see if there are things there that you are interested in but we haven't
created subprojects for yet. If you're not sure whether something is in
scope for Aries or not, send a mail to the developers [mailing list|MailingLists]
 and ask. 
* Try out the [tutorials](/documentation/tutorials/blueprinthelloworldtutorial.html)
 to get a feel for what Aries is about.
* Subscribe to one (or more) of the [mailing lists](mailinglists.html)
. If you want to get involved as a _user_, subscribe to user mailing list.
If you want to get involved as a _contributer_, in the development of
Aries, subscribe to the developer list.
* Help answer questions posted to the user mailing list for areas that you
are familiar with. Your real usage experience can be very valuable to other
users as well as developers on the project.
* Would like to get involved in development? Have new ideas? Start with the
mailing list and share your thoughts.
* Contribute to feature development. Just let the community know what you'd
like to work on. It is as easy as that.
* Identify [JIRA](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARIES)
s and browse the [source](https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/aries/trunk)
 in the area that you are interested in and provide patches.
* If in doubt about where to start, send a note to the mailing list and
mention your area of interest. Any question is welcomed. We'd like you to
be involved!