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Great! Here's what you should do (most items have a link to more details): </p><p>1. <a href="/Bugzilla:Developers:Introduction" title="Bugzilla:Developers:Introduction">Introduce yourself on the developers mailing list</a>. </p><p>2. If you don't know what you'd like to work on, look at the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?resolution=---&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&query_format=advanced&status_whiteboard=good%20first%20bug&product=Bugzilla&list_id=10111040">list of bugs we've marked as being good for newcomers</a>. If you already know what you want to work on, first <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/query.cgi?product=Bugzilla&resolution=---&format=advanced">check if a bug has already been filed for it</a>, and then check that bug's <a href="/Bugzilla:Priority_System" title="Bugzilla:Priority System">priority</a>. </p><p>3. <a href="/Bugzilla:Communicate" title="Bugzilla:Communicate">Get in communication with the Bugzilla developers</a>, and talk about what you want to do. This makes it easy for us to tell you "Oh, we're already working on that, you can help!" or "Oh, the best way to do that would be..." </p><p>4. <a href="/Bugzilla:Git" title="Bugzilla:Git">Check out the latest Bugzilla code from git</a>. You always want to work against the master branch of Bugzilla, not a released version, if you're writing patches that you want us to accept. </p><p>5. Write some code. Make sure that you follow the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/developer.html">Developer's Guide</a>. If you're new, you don't have to read the whole thing. Just read the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/developer.html#general">General Guidelines</a>, the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/developer.html#perl-style">Style</a> section, and any other part that you think applies to the code that you're writing. Make sure that your patch is <a href="/Bugzilla:Simple_Patches" title="Bugzilla:Simple Patches">as simple and small as possible</a>. And make sure that you <a href="/Bugzilla:Developers:Licensing" title="Bugzilla:Developers:Licensing">license each file correctly</a>. </p><p>6. Test your code. Make sure it works, and run ./runtests.pl in the Bugzilla directory. Also use <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://validator.w3.org">the HTML validator</a> to make sure your code generates valid HTML, if you modified any of Bugzilla's HTML. </p><p>7. <a href="/Bugzilla:Patches" title="Bugzilla:Patches">Make a patch</a> </p><p>8. <a href="/Bugzilla:Submitting_Patches" title="Bugzilla:Submitting Patches">Submit your patch in Bugzilla</a> </p><p>9. <a href="/Bugzilla:Review" title="Bugzilla:Review">Ask for review</a> </p><p>10. Once your bug has passed review, the reviewer will ask for "approval". When approval is granted, you or the reviewer can push the patch to Git. </p><p>11. <a href="/Bugzilla:Committing_Patches" title="Bugzilla:Committing Patches">Push your patch</a>, or get somebody else to push it for you. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Articles_and_Policies">Articles and Policies</span></h2> <p>These are various essays and guides that help with Bugzilla development. </p> <ul><li><a href="/Bugzilla:UI_Design" title="Bugzilla:UI Design">Bugzilla:UI_Design</a></li> <li><a href="/Bugzilla:Simple_Patches" title="Bugzilla:Simple Patches">Bugzilla:Simple_Patches</a></li> <li><a href="/Bugzilla:Developers:Licensing" title="Bugzilla:Developers:Licensing">Bugzilla:Developers:Licensing</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.apps.bugzilla/browse_thread/thread/847a09dc8a8dd27b">The Feature Acceptance Test</a></li></ul>    </div> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/index.php?title=Bugzilla:Developers&oldid=1027090">https://wiki.mozilla.org/index.php?title=Bugzilla:Developers&oldid=1027090</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Category</a>: <ul><li><a href="/Category:Bugzilla" title="Category:Bugzilla">Bugzilla</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </div> <div id="mw-navigation"> <h2>Navigation menu</h2> <div id="mw-head"> <nav id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal vector-user-menu-legacy" aria-labelledby="p-personal-label" role="navigation" > <h3 id="p-personal-label" class="vector-menu-heading " > <span class="vector-menu-heading-label">Personal tools</span> </h3> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"><li id="pt-login" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Bugzilla%3ADevelopers" title="You are encouraged to log in; however, it is not mandatory [o]" accesskey="o"><span>Log in</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/Special:RequestAccount" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span>Request account</span></a></li></ul> </div> </nav> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav id="p-namespaces" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-namespaces vector-menu-tabs vector-menu-tabs-legacy" aria-labelledby="p-namespaces-label" role="navigation" > <h3 id="p-namespaces-label" class="vector-menu-heading " > <span class="vector-menu-heading-label">Namespaces</span> </h3> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"><li id="ca-nstab-bugzilla" class="selected mw-list-item"><a href="/Bugzilla:Developers"><span>Bugzilla</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/Bugzilla_Talk:Developers" rel="discussion" title="Discussion about the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Discussion</span></a></li></ul> </div> </nav> <nav id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet vector-menu-dropdown" aria-labelledby="p-variants-label" role="navigation" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-variants-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-variants" class="vector-menu-checkbox" aria-labelledby="p-variants-label" /> <label id="p-variants-label" aria-label="Change language variant" class="vector-menu-heading " > <span class="vector-menu-heading-label">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"></ul> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation"> <nav id="p-views" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-views vector-menu-tabs vector-menu-tabs-legacy" aria-labelledby="p-views-label" role="navigation" > <h3 id="p-views-label" class="vector-menu-heading " > <span class="vector-menu-heading-label">Views</span> </h3> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"><li id="ca-view" class="selected mw-list-item"><a href="/Bugzilla:Developers"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-viewsource" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/index.php?title=Bugzilla:Developers&action=edit" title="This page is protected.
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