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# Where to get started to help improve Friendica
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* [Home](help)
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Do you want to help us improve Friendica?
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Here we have compiled some hints on how to get started and some tasks to help you choose.
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A project like Friendica is the sum of many different contributions.
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**Very different skills are required to make good software, not all of them involve coding!**
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We are looking for helpers in all areas, whether you write text or code, whether you spread the word to convince people or design new icons.
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Whether you feel like an expert or like a newbie - join us with your ideas!
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## Contact us
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The discussion of Friendica development takes place in the following Friendica forums:
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* The main [forum for Friendica development](https://forum.friendi.ca/profile/developers)
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* The [forum for Friendica theme development](https://friendica.eu/profile/ftdevs)
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## Help other users
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Remember the questions you had when you first tried Friendica?
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A good place to start can be to help new people find their way around Friendica in the [general support forum](https://forum.friendi.ca/prufile/helpers).
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Welcome them, answer their questions, point them to documentation or ping other helpers directly if you can't help but think you know who can.
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## Translation
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The documentation contains help on how to translate Friendica [at Transifex](/help/translations) where the UI is translated.
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If you don't want to translate the UI, or it is already done to your satisfaction, you might want to work on the translation of the /help files?
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## Design
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Are you good at designing things?
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If you have seen Friendica you probably have ideas to improve it, haven't you?
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* If you would like to work with us on enhancing the user interface, please join the [UX Watchdogs forum](https://fc.oscp.info/profile/ux-watchdogs)
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* Make plans for a better Friendica interface design and share them with us.
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* Tell us if you are able to realize your ideas or what kind of help you need.
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We can't promise we have the right skills in the group but we'll try.
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* Choose a thing to start with, e.g. work on the icon set of your favorite theme
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## Programming
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### Composer
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Friendica uses [Composer](https://getcomposer.org) to manage dependencies libraries and the class autoloader both for libraries and namespaced Friendica classes.
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It's a command-line tool that downloads required libraries into the `vendor` folder and makes any namespaced class in `src` available through the whole application through `boot.php`.
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* [Class autoloading](help/autoloader)
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* [Using Composer](help/Composer)
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* [How To Move Classes to `src`](help/Developer-How-To-Move-Classes-to-src)
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### Coding standards
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For the sake of consistency between contribution and general code readability, Friendica follows the widespread [PSR-2 coding standards](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-2/) to the exception of a few rules.
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Here's a few primers if you are new to Friendica or to the PSR-2 coding standards:
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* Indentation is tabs, period (not PSR-2).
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* By default, strings are enclosed in single quotes, but feel free to use double quotes if it makes more sense (SQL queries, adding tabs and line feeds).
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* Operators are wrapped by spaces, e.g. `$var === true`, `$var = 1 + 2` and `'string' . $concat . 'enation'`
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* Braces are mandatory in conditions
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* Boolean operators are `&&` and `||` for PHP conditions, `AND` and `OR` for SQL queries
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* No closing PHP tag
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* No trailing spaces
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Don't worry, you don't have to know by heart the PSR-2 coding standards to start contributing to Friendica.
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There are a few tools you can use to check or fix your files before you commit.
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For documentation we use the standard of *one sentence per line* for the `md` files in the `/doc` and `/doc/$lng` subdirectories.
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#### Check with [PHP Code Sniffer](https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer)
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This tool checks your files against a variety of coding standards, including PSR-2, and ouputs a report of all the standard violations.
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You can simply install it through PEAR: `pear install PHP_CodeSniffer`
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Once it is installed and available in your PATH, here's the command to run before committing your work:
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$> phpcs --standard=ruleset.xml <file or directory>
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The output is a list of all the coding standards violations that you should fix before committing your work.
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Additionally, `phpcs` integrates with a few IDEs (Eclipse, Netbeans, PHPStorm...) so that you don't have to fiddle with the command line.
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#### Fix with PHP Code Beautifier and Fixer (phpbcf) included in PHP Code Sniffer
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If you're getting a massive list of standards violations when running `phpcs`, it can be annoying to fix all the violations by hand.
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Thankfully, PHP Code Sniffer is shipped with an automatic code fixer that can take care of the tedious task for you.
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Here's the command to automatically fix the files you created/modified:
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$> phpcbf --standard=ruleset.xml <file or directory>
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If the command-line tools `diff` and `patch` are unavailabe for you, `phpcbf` can use slightly slower PHP equivalents by using the `--no-patch` argument.
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### Code documentation
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If you are interested in having the documentation of the Friendica code outside of the code files, you can use [Doxygen](http://doxygen.org) to generate it.
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The configuration file for Doxygen is located in the `util` directory of the project sources.
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Run
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$> doxygen util/Doxyfile
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to generate the files which will be located in the `doc/html` subdirectory in the Friendica directory.
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You can browse these files with any browser.
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If you find missing documentation, don't hesitate to contact us and write it down to enhance the code documentation.
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### Issues
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Have a look at our [issue tracker](https://github.com/friendica/friendica) on github!
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* Try to reproduce a bug that needs more inquiries and write down what you find out.
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* If a bug looks fixed, ask the bug reporters for feedback to find out if the bug can be closed.
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* Fix a bug if you can. Please make the pull request against the *develop* branch of the repository.
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* There is a *Junior Job* label for issues we think might be a good point to start with.
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But you don't have to limit yourself to those issues.
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### Web interface
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The thing many people want most is a better interface, preferably a responsive Friendica theme.
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This is a piece of work!
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If you want to get involved here:
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* Look at the first steps that were made (e.g. the clean theme).
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Ask us to find out whom to talk to about their experiences.
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* Talk to design people if you know any.
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* Let us know about your plans [in the dev forum](https://forum.friendi.ca/profile/developers) or the [theme developer forum](https://friendica.eu/profile/ftdevs).
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Do not worry about cross-posting.
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### Client software
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As Friendica is using a [Twitter/GNU Social compatible API](help/api) any of the clients for those platforms should work with Friendica as well.
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Furthermore there are several client projects, especially for use with Friendica.
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If you are interested in improving those clients, please contact the developers of the clients directly.
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* Android / CynogenMod: **Friendica for Android** [src](https://github.com/max-weller/friendica-for-android), [homepage](http://friendica.android.max-weller.de/) - abandoned
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* iOS: *currently no client*
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* SailfishOS: **Friendiy** [src](https://kirgroup.com/projects/fabrixxm/harbour-friendly) - developed by [Fabio](https://kirgroup.com/profile/fabrixxm/?tab=profile)
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* Windows: **Friendica Mobile** for Windows versions [before 8.1](http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=e3257730-c9cf-4935-9620-5261e3505c67) and [Windows 10](https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9nblggh0fhmn) - developed by [Gerhard Seeber](http://mozartweg.dyndns.org/friendica/profile/gerhard/?tab=profile)
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