Help:Developer manual

This page and those related with the aspect of development or extending Semantic MediaWiki should help users who are interested in contributing to the project on a technical level.

Overview

If you are unfamiliar with MediaWiki or its development structure then it is suggested to:

• Look at the "How to become a MediaWiki hacker" manual to get a first impression of the general development environment.
• Read Hacking Semantic MediaWiki to navigate the surroundings of Semantic MediaWiki.

To accommodate oneself with the specifics of Semantic MediaWiki and its development, choosing one of the following tasks can be rewarding by starting to improve and contribute to the Semantic MediaWiki project.

• Fixing coding style issues is a way to get familiar with the environment
• Pick a "easy" task from the issue list which should (if not please ping us) contain some code samples to move the issue forward

See also

• SemanticMediaWiki source code repository
• Programmer's guide
• Architecture guide
• Developing extensions
• Code snippets
• Code documentation
• Ask API
• Release process