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See [http://bugs.eclipse.org/280730 bug 280730] and [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Talk:Contribute Discussion]
 
Other ''Get(ting) Involved/Contribute'' sites: [http://www.example.com Mozilla], [http://www.gimp.org/develop/ Gimp], [http://netbeans.org/community/index.html NetBeans]
 
  
=Get Involved=
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So you want to help? Great! You don't have to be an Eclipse guru or code monkey to help. There are many ways to participate in the Eclipse community.
 
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So you want to help? Great! You don't have to be an Eclipse guru or code monkey to help. There are many ways to help Eclipse development:
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== Donate ==
 
== Donate ==
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== Promote Eclipse Technologies ==
 
== Promote Eclipse Technologies ==
* [http://www.eclipse.org/ide4edu/ Teach with Eclipse]
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* Eclipse on [[Campus]]/teach with Eclipse
 
* If you or your company is looking for a framework then give Eclipse a try. There are [http://www.eclipse.org/projects/listofprojects.php more than 100 projects].
 
* If you or your company is looking for a framework then give Eclipse a try. There are [http://www.eclipse.org/projects/listofprojects.php more than 100 projects].
 
* Let other people know that your application is [http://www.eclipse.org/artwork/ ''Built on Eclipse'' or ''Eclipse Ready'']
 
* Let other people know that your application is [http://www.eclipse.org/artwork/ ''Built on Eclipse'' or ''Eclipse Ready'']
 
* [http://www.eclipse.org/community/news/eclipseinthenews.php Write about Eclipse]
 
* [http://www.eclipse.org/community/news/eclipseinthenews.php Write about Eclipse]
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* Follow @EclipseFdn and the [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Twitter Eclipse community on Twitter]
  
 
== Report Bugs and Enhancements ==
 
== Report Bugs and Enhancements ==
* Eclipse projects are actively developed. Most projects have nightly builds and stable weekly integration builds. To help out, download these builds before the releases and [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/enter_bug.cgi report bugs].
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* Eclipse projects are actively developed. Most projects have nightly builds and stable weekly integration builds. To help out, download these builds before the releases and [http://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/enter_bug.cgi report bugs].
* [http://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/enter_bug.cgi Report Enhancements]: What do you need?
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* [http://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/enter_bug.cgi Report Enhancements]: Tell us your needs and ideas
 
* Vote for bugs
 
* Vote for bugs
  
 
== Share Your Knowledge ==
 
== Share Your Knowledge ==
* Help other users through our [http://www.eclipse.org/forums/ newsgroups and forums]
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* Help other users on the [http://www.eclipse.org/forums/ forums] or on [[IRC]]
* Share your Eclipse [http://www.eclipse.org/resources/ article], [http://planet.eclipse.org/planet/ blog] or [http://live.eclipse.org/ multi-media presentation]
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* Share your Eclipse [http://www.eclipse.org/resources/ article], [http://planet.eclipse.org/planet/ blog] or [https://www.youtube.com/EclipseFdn video presentation]
 
* Write Documentation
 
* Write Documentation
 
* Localization: Help [http://babel.eclipse.org translate Eclipse] into other languages
 
* Localization: Help [http://babel.eclipse.org translate Eclipse] into other languages
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* [http://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/query.cgi Is there some bug] that really bothers you? Instead of just reporting it, fix it. And there are [http://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?keywords=helpwanted&resolution=--- many bugs marked with ''helpwanted''].
 
* [http://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/query.cgi Is there some bug] that really bothers you? Instead of just reporting it, fix it. And there are [http://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?keywords=helpwanted&resolution=--- many bugs marked with ''helpwanted''].
 
: To learn how the bug-fixing process works, check out the [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Bug_Reporting_FAQ bug reporting FAQ]:
 
: To learn how the bug-fixing process works, check out the [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Bug_Reporting_FAQ bug reporting FAQ]:
: To learn about the lifecycle of bugzilla entries, check out the [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Development_Resources/HOWTO/Bugzilla_Use development process]
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: To learn about the lifecycle of bugzilla entries, check out the [[Development Resources/HOWTO/Bugzilla Use|development process]]
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* [[Google Summer of Code]]: Participate and get paid for coding!
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== More ==
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See [http://bugs.eclipse.org/280730 bug 280730] and [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Talk:Contribute Discussion]. Other ''Get(ting) Involved/Contribute'' sites: [http://www.mozilla.org/contribute/ Mozilla], [http://www.gimp.org/develop/ Gimp], [http://netbeans.org/community/index.html NetBeans], [http://www.jetbrains.org/display/IJOS/Contribute IntelliJ], [http://contributing.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice], [http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate Ubuntu], [http://kde.org/getinvolved/ KDE], [http://www.gnome.org/community/ GNOME], [http://fedoraproject.org/join-fedora Fedora]
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So you want to help? Great! You don't have to be an Eclipse guru or code monkey to help. There are many ways to participate in the Eclipse community.

Promote Eclipse Technologies

Report Bugs and Enhancements

  • Eclipse projects are actively developed. Most projects have nightly builds and stable weekly integration builds. To help out, download these builds before the releases and report bugs.
  • Report Enhancements: Tell us your needs and ideas
  • Vote for bugs

Share Your Knowledge

Fix Bugs or Implement Enhancements

To learn how the bug-fixing process works, check out the bug reporting FAQ:
To learn about the lifecycle of bugzilla entries, check out the development process

More

See bug 280730 and Discussion. Other Get(ting) Involved/Contribute sites: Mozilla, Gimp, NetBeans, IntelliJ, OpenOffice, Ubuntu, KDE, GNOME, Fedora

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