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= Participating in Apache NetBeans
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The Apache Software Foundation has set up link:http://community.apache.org/[a
specific website] designed to help newcomers take their first steps toward
being part of our Community. 

You can participate in the Apache NetBeans Project in many different ways.
Here are some ideas:

== Contributing code

You may want to fix issues or provide a new functionality that is your personal work to Apache NetBeans project. 
You will need to follow the link:submit-pr.html#contributing-code[contributing code] procedure to learn how to contribute code to the Apache NetBeans project.

If your contribution code is owned or developped in another organization outside Apache. Your organization may want to *donate* this contribution to Apache NetBeans project.
You will need to follow this link:submit-pr.html#donating-code[donating code] procedure.

== Reporting issues

See link:report-issue.html[reporting issues] for instructions on how to report an issue.

== Join the NetCAT program
The NetBeans Community Acceptance Testing program (link:netcat.html[NetCAT]) has helped stabilize development
builds for years.

[[documentation]]
== Improving the documentation

We will be porting existing NetBeans documentation soon. Consider joining the
link:/community/mailing-lists.html[dev mailing list] for updates on how to help with this task.

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== Contributing to the ASF

You may also want to consider link:https://www.apache.org/foundation/contributing.html[donating to the
Apache Software Foundation], joining the link:https://www.apache.org/foundation/sponsorship.html[ASF
Sponsorship Program], or link:https://www.apache.org/foundation/buy_stuff.html[buying ASF merchandise].