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Contributing to Django
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Django is a community that lives on its volunteers. As it keeps growing, we
always need more people to help others. As soon as you learn Django, you can
contribute in many ways:
* Join the |django-users| mailing list and answer questions. This
mailing list has a huge audience, and we really want to maintain a
friendly and helpful atmosphere. If you're new to the Django community,
you should read the `posting guidelines`_.
* Join the `#django IRC channel`_ on Freenode and answer questions. By
explaining Django to other users, you're going to learn a lot about the
framework yourself.
* Blog about Django. We syndicate all the Django blogs we know about on
the `community page`_; if you'd like to see your blog on that page you
can `register it here`_.
* Contribute to open-source Django projects, write some documentation, or
release your own code as an open-source pluggable application. The
ecosystem of pluggable applications is a big strength of Django, help us
build it!
If you think working *with* Django is fun, wait until you start working *on*
it. We're passionate about helping Django users make the jump to contributing
members of the community, so there are several ways you can help Django's
development:
* :doc:`Report bugs <bugs-and-features>` in our `ticket tracker`_.
* Join the |django-developers| mailing list and share your ideas for how
to improve Django. We're always open to suggestions.
* :doc:`Submit patches <writing-code/submitting-patches>` for new and/or
fixed behavior. If you're looking for an easy way to start contributing
to Django read the :doc:`/intro/contributing` tutorial and have a look at the
`easy pickings`_ tickets. The :ref:`patch-review-checklist` will also be
helpful.
* :doc:`Improve the documentation <writing-documentation>` or
:doc:`write unit tests <writing-code/unit-tests>`.
* :doc:`Triage tickets and review patches <triaging-tickets>` created by
other users.
Really, **ANYONE** can do something to help make Django better and greater!
Browse the following sections to find out how:
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
new-contributors
bugs-and-features
triaging-tickets
writing-code/index
writing-documentation
localizing
committing-code
.. _posting guidelines: https://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/UsingTheMailingList
.. _#django IRC channel: irc://irc.freenode.net/django
.. _community page: https://www.djangoproject.com/community/
.. _register it here: https://www.djangoproject.com/community/add/blogs/
.. _ticket tracker: https://code.djangoproject.com/newticket
.. _easy pickings: https://code.djangoproject.com/query?status=!closed&easy=1