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This page contains reference information useful for people writing KDE Software. There are plenty of other ways to contribute to KDE: see the [https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved Get Involved page on the Community wiki] for a list of ideas.
Note that the [https://community.kde.org/ 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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Revision as of 10:25, 11 March 2016


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: The KDE Dev Guide book | 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 software.
Related: Guidelines
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Schedules
Upcoming freeze and release dates.
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External Standards
Externally or jointly developed standards for interoperating with other software.
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Further Information
Links to other resources.

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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Build System: 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.