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| <p><h1>Contributing Modules</h1></p> |
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| <p>If you are interested in contributing a NetBeans module, we recommend the following steps.</p> |
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| <LI><p>Check whether someone else has already written a plugin that does what you want:</p> |
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| <li><p>Search the <a href="http://plugins.netbeans.org/PluginPortal/">Plugin Portal</a></p></li> |
| <li><p>In the IDE, choose Tools > Plugins to see lists of all available stable plugins. |
| Do the same in a <a href="http://bits.netbeans.org/download/trunk/nightly/latest/">daily build</a> |
| for plugins still in development.</p></li> |
| <li>Ask on the NetBeans developer mailing list (<A HREF="mailto:nbdev@netbeans.org">nbdev@netbeans.org</A> - |
| see <A HREF="../lists/index.html">mailing lists</A> for details of subscribing) whether |
| anyone else has already begun work on such a module, or has some ideas, or test code, etc.</li> |
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| <LI><p>Assuming that no one else has anything solid, start coding!</p> |
| <p>Read the |
| <a href="http://platform.netbeans.org/tutorials/nbm-google.html">NetBeans Plugin Quick Start</a> |
| and other tutorials on <a href="http://platform.netbeans.org/">platform.netbeans.org</a> to learn how.</p> |
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| <li><p>If you need web hosting space, a project page, or a file versioning system, |
| we recommend you request a project on <a href="http://www.java.net/request_project.html">java.net</a> or <a href="http://www.kenai.com">Kenai.com</a>! |
| Remember to put some license notice or at least a copyright on the files that you publish.</p> |
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| <a href="https://netbeans.org/people/new">Log on as a NetBeans community member</a> and |
| submit your plugin to the <a href="http://plugins.netbeans.org/">NetBeans plugin portal</a> |
| to make it available to other NetBeans users. </p></li> |
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