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| <h1>Contributing to netbeans.org</h1> |
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| <P>You probably know that NetBeans is an <a href="../../about/os/">open |
| source project</a>. Open source projects are primarily community driven, |
| although companies may make commercial products from these projects. Open |
| source projects encourage everyone in the community to contribute their |
| knowledge and expertise and, in turn, everyone in the community benefits. |
| For example, when the community contributes enhancement requests or submits |
| bug reports, fixes or enhancements are implemented to improve the tools, and |
| everyone benefits. Because NetBeans is open source, you can influence what |
| happens to the IDE and the direction for NetBeans' future growth |
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| <P>Contributing code is not the only way to help NetBeans! Read our list below |
| for other ways you can help the community. |
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| <p><h2>Community Support, Promotion</h2> |
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| <li><b>Participate on Mailing Lists</b> |
| <br>There are several <a href="../../community/lists/top.html">mailing lists |
| and newsgroups</A> at netbeans.org, where people using the software can benefit |
| from each others' expertise. To really be useful, community lists need <i>your</i> |
| input! Please don't be afraid to post - help others when you can!</li> |
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| <p><li><b>Promote NetBeans!</b> |
| <br>If you're a NetBeans user, speak out! There's a lot of competition |
| out there, and many developers haven't heard of NetBeans, or worse, have |
| heard of it but have misconceptions, or haven't heard about recent |
| improvements. Help spread the word - talk about NetBeans strengths, and |
| weaknesses, on blogs, industry mailing lists, print magazines and forums. |
| You found (or wrote) a NetBeans-related article or review? |
| <A HREF="https://netbeans.org/about/contact_form.html?to=2">We'd love to read it</a>!</li> |
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| <p><h2>Submit Content, Translations</h2> |
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| <p><LI><B>Contribute Website Content</B> |
| <BR>You figured out how to solve a tricky use-case? |
| <a href="http://wiki.netbeans.org/wiki/view/CommunityDocs">New |
| content or updates to existing content</a> are always welcome! Articles |
| like FAQs and HOWTOs are very very helpful, as are Flash movies. See the |
| <A HREF="web-content.html">guidelines for contributing tutorials</A> for more info. |
| Use this free |
| <a href="https://netbeans.org/projects/www/downloads">webspace for your contributed demos</a>. |
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| <p><LI><B>Translations, Localisations</B> |
| <BR>Are you interested in efforts to localize web site content, or the IDE |
| itself, in your native language? We and your fellowmen would appreciate your help! See the |
| <A HREF="localise.html">Localisation Quick Start</A> page for info. |
| Some community members already created |
| <a href="http://wiki.netbeans.org/wiki/view/FaqInternationalCommunity">forums |
| in various languages</a>, and now help others |
| <a href="https://netbeans.org/kb/articles/learn-java.html#3">get started with Java</a> and NetBeans. |
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| <p><LI><B>Edit the Newsletter, Submit Stories for The Edge</B> |
| <BR>The weekly <A HREF="../news/newsletter/index.html">NetBeans Newsletter</A> |
| is put together by volunteers involved in NetBeans - if you're |
| following current events on the mailing lists you could edit a |
| newsletter! The <A HREF="../news/newsletter/index.html">monthly Edge</A> |
| newsletter is always looking for contributing authors to write an interview, |
| an article, partner spotlights ... if you'd like to submit a story, please |
| <A HREF="https://netbeans.org/about/contact_form.html?to=2">get in touch</A>. |
| Also if you heard of an event or conference in your area where NetBeans is used, |
| <A HREF="https://netbeans.org/about/contact_form.html?to=2">drop us a note</a> |
| and we'll advertise it in our <a href="https://netbeans.org/community/news/calendar.html">event calendar</a>. |
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| <p><h2>Submit Bug Reports, Write Code</h2> |
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| <p><Li><B>File a Bug Report</B> |
| <BR>Bug reports are very helpful to developers, and a great way to contribute |
| to the project! Remember to take a little time when |
| <A HREF="../issues.html">filing a bug report</A> - make sure you can |
| reproduce the problem, and be very explicit in your description. |
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| <p><LI><B>File an Enhancement Request</B> |
| <BR>If there's something you'd like to see in the IDE and don't, or |
| something you can imagine improving, let us know! Enhancement requests |
| should be <A HREF="../issues.html">filed in the issue tracking system</A>, |
| the same as for bugs. |
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| <p><LI><B>Contributing Code and Plugin Modules</B> |
| <BR>As mentioned above, NetBeans is an open-source project - all of the |
| source code is available, and if there's a feature you'd like to see, or a |
| bug you'd like to see fixed, you have the power to make that happen. |
| You can learn more about <a href="http://platform.netbeans.org/tutorials/">developing plugin modules</a>, |
| <A HREF="patches.html">contributing patches</A> and |
| <A HREF="modules.html">contributing plugin modules</A>. |
| Publish your plugin modules in the <a href="http://plugins.netbeans.org/PluginPortal/">Plugin Portal</a> |
| and get feedback from your fellow community members! |
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