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Welcome! This page contains instructions for prospective OPW and Google Summer of Code interns, as well as anyone else interested in contributing to Python.
== Goal #1: practice navigating from the command line ==▼
= Part 1: environment setup =
== Goal #1: install an IRC client ==
IRC is a real-time chat protocol that open source projects often use to talk about the project and as a medium for users and developers to help each other.▼
* [[PyCon_intro_to_open_source/Windows IRC|Windows]]▼
* [[PyCon_intro_to_open_source/OSX IRC|OS X]]▼
* [[PyCon_intro_to_open_source/Linux IRC|Linux]]▼
Many of the tools of open source development are primarily used via the command line. Let's get some practice with navigating the computer from the command line.
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* [[PyCon_intro_to_open_source/Linux command line|Linux]]
== Goal #
We need a good text editor (not a word processor!) for editing Python code.
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* [[PyCon_intro_to_open_source/Linux text editor|Linux]]
== Goal #
Python tracks bugs and features at http://bugs.python.org/.
▲IRC is a real-time chat protocol that open source projects often use to talk about the project and as a medium for users and developers to help each other.
Please familiarize yourself with how Python uses its bug tracker by exploring and finding answers to the following questions:
▲* [[PyCon_intro_to_open_source/Windows IRC|Windows]]
▲* [[PyCon_intro_to_open_source/OSX IRC|OS X]]
1. What is the oldest open Python ticket?
▲* [[PyCon_intro_to_open_source/Linux IRC|Linux]]
1. How many open issues need a patch?
1. How many "critical"-level open issues are there?
== Goal #5: Version control ==
Mercurial is the distributed version control system Python uses to manages changes to its code.
If you have not used Mercurial before, please go through this tutorial: http://hginit.com/
== Goal #6: creating patches ==
If you have not used diff and patch before, please go through the diff and patch training mission at:
http://openhatch.org/missions/diffpatch
Join the Python core-mentorship mailing list and introduce yourself: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/core-mentorship.
Read the Python developer guide: http://docs.python.org/devguide/
Create an account on the Python bug tracker: http://bugs.python.org/
Submit a patch for a Python bug (see the next section for help getting started)
Let the core mentorship mailing list know that you've submitted your patch and are ready to work on your application. We'll craft an application together for a project that fits your background and interests and what you want to learn this summer!
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