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Revision as of 15:14, 22 August 2015


This page contains reference information useful for people writing KDE Software. There are plenty of other ways to contribute to KDE: see the Get Involved page on the Community wiki for a list of ideas.

Note that the Community wiki provides a place for KDE developers and other KDE community members to co-ordinate (including meeting notes and to-do lists). This section is for (relatively) stable documentation.

Learning

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Getting Started
How to set up a development environment, build KDE Software and submit patches.
Related: Contribute
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Programming Tutorials
Step by step tutorials for KDE development.
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Getting Help
Resources for finding help with KDE development.
Related: FAQs

Reference

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API Documentation
Reference documentation for classes, functions and other programming interfaces.
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Policies
Policies covering development of KDE sofware.
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Schedules
Upcoming freeze and release dates.
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Standards & Guidelines
Developer guidelines and technical standards KDE uses.
Related: Further Information Links to further information

Technologies and Tools

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KDE Architecture
Architectural design documents explaining KDE technologies.
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Programming Languages
Supported programming languages for KDE development.
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CMake
CMake related information.
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Version-control System - Git
Git related information.
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Software Engineering Framework
Software Engineering tools and processes used by KDE.