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Here is a bunch of developer documentation for Mahara, including design, policy and specific feature documents.
 
Here is a bunch of developer documentation for Mahara, including design, policy and specific feature documents.
  
 
This is for people who want to understand how Mahara works, or want to develop new code or plugins for Mahara. If you want to customise your Mahara - e.g. change the language/theme, or simply install plugins, check out the [[Customising]] section.
 
This is for people who want to understand how Mahara works, or want to develop new code or plugins for Mahara. If you want to customise your Mahara - e.g. change the language/theme, or simply install plugins, check out the [[Customising]] section.
  
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==Developer Documentation==
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== Overview ==
  
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* [[Developer Area/Mahara project overview|Mahara development overview]] - explains how Mahara gets developed, who does it, and how people become Mahara developers
 
* [[Developer Area/Mahara Architecture Introduction|Mahara Architecture Introduction]] - this series of articles explains how Mahara fits together, where it's pluggable and why it's written the way it is.
 
* [[Developer Area/Mahara Architecture Introduction|Mahara Architecture Introduction]] - this series of articles explains how Mahara fits together, where it's pluggable and why it's written the way it is.
 
* [[Developer Area/Plugins|Plugins]] - (soon to be) your one-stop-shop for information about developing plugins for Mahara
 
* [[Developer Area/Plugins|Plugins]] - (soon to be) your one-stop-shop for information about developing plugins for Mahara
 
* [[Developer Area/Language Packs|Language Packs]] - how to write a language pack for Mahara, and how to contribute it back
 
* [[Developer Area/Language Packs|Language Packs]] - how to write a language pack for Mahara, and how to contribute it back
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* [[Developer Area/Documentation Wishlist|Wishlist]] - what documentation did you find missing and would like people to contribute?
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* And if you just want the [[Developer Area/Source code|source code]], it's available via [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/git git] at
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** Our gerrit code review system: <tt>git clone https://reviews.mahara.org/mahara</tt>
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** git.mahara.org: https://git.mahara.org/mahara/mahara
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** Github: https://github.com/MaharaProject/mahara
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* [[Developer Area/Common issues|Common issues]]
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* [[Developer Area/PHP8|PHP8 support]]: Info about support for PHP8 in different Linux distributions
  
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==Useful Resources==
 
 
 
* You can [https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/mahara/master/+subscribe subscribe to the master branch] on Launchpad to receive an email everytime a commit is made. There is also an  [http://gitorious.org/mahara/mahara.atom RSS feed of commits] if you prefer to receive information that way.
 
* #mahara-dev on freenode (irc.freenode.org) is an IRC channel where the core developers discuss the development of Mahara. This channel is not for support of Mahara (use #mahara instead), but you can lurk and listen in on developer conversations - and even hear about the latest new features as they're added ;)
 
 
 
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* [[Developer_Area/Mahara_Architecture_Introduction|Mahara Architecture Introduction]]
 
* [[Developer_Area/Core_Subsystems|Core Subsystems]]
 
* [[Developer_Area/Database_conventions|Database conventions]]
 
* [[Developer_Area/Development_Tutorials|Development Tutorials]]
 
* [[Developer_Area/HowToWriteAViewTemplate|How to write a view template]]
 
* [[Developer_Area/Import//Export|Import/Export]]
 
* [[Developer_Area/Language_Packs|Language Packs]]
 
* [[Developer_Area/Plugins|Plugins]]
 
* [[Developer_Area/Release_Policy|Release Policy]]
 
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development|Specifications in Development]]
 
 
 
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        <h3>Getting set up</h3>
 
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* [[Developer_Area/Changing_Hostnames|Changing Hostnames]]
 
* [[Developer_Area/Getting_Code_from_Git|Getting Code from Git]]
 
* [[Developer_Area/Git_Repository_Policy|Git Repository Policy]]
 
 
 
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* [[Developer_Area/Bug_Status|Bug Status Policy]]
 
* [[Developer_Area/Code_Review|Code Review]]
 
* [[Developer_Area/Coding_guidelines|Coding guidelines]]
 
* [[Developer_Area/Contributing_Code|Contributing Code]]
 
 
 
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        <h3>Join in the discussion</h3>
 
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You can find us in #mahara-dev on irc.freenode.net
 
 
 
If you have not got an IRC client or cannot connect with one, you can use the [http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=mahara-dev&uio=MTE9MTAz8d freenode web client].
 
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        <h3>Meeting minutes & dev team notes</h3>
 
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* [[Developer_Area/Current_Tasks|Current Tasks]]
 
* [[Developer_Area/Dev_Team_Ideas|Dev Team Ideas]]
 
* [[Developer_Area/Developer_Meetings|Developer Meetings]]
 
* [[Developer_Area/Release_Instructions|Release Instructions]]
 
* [[Developer_Area/Security_Team|Security Team]]
 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 12:47, 18 January 2022

 
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Keep in touch API Docs Architecture Release Instructions Plugins

Here is a bunch of developer documentation for Mahara, including design, policy and specific feature documents.

This is for people who want to understand how Mahara works, or want to develop new code or plugins for Mahara. If you want to customise your Mahara - e.g. change the language/theme, or simply install plugins, check out the Customising section.

Overview