I want to be an OpenOffice.org developer

Becoming an OpenOffice.org developer

Your first build

You are at the start of a long, but very exciting journey! There are many ways to get started, but the easiest one is to:

• Get the source code and build you own OpenOffice.org so that you are able to modify things

• Pick up your favorite bug/annoyance, and try to fix that
• When you see that hacking OOo pleases you, it's time to look for bigger tasks, get in contact on IRC
• Or, if you think you can help fixing some bugs, please have a look at the [http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Education_Project/Effort Effort page.

Development resources

• Development Guide
• Opengrok - source browser
• Mercurial-Webinterface
• OpenOffice.org API
• Environment Information System also called EIS, more infos can be found here.
• Environment Variables - a description of handy environment variables used at runtime
• A description of the source directories

Further reading

• Tutorials - hacker tutorials to get the hang of the code
• Hacking
• Debugging - for when it all goes wrong
• OOo and Mercurial and OOo and Subversion - How to use the SCMs that OOo uses
• Contributing Patches - for when you have something to fold back
• Commit Rights - An overview of how to attain commit rights, and what to do with them once you get them
• Tips - misc. hints & tips.
• Participating in OpenOffice.org - Programming
• OpenOffice.org for Developers