Development
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Next Meeting: To be determined. Meetings in 
Ubuntu Help and Support IRC Channel: Focus Group: Development
Launchpad: ubuntu-beginners-dev
Email: Ubuntu-beginners
About Us
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The development team is here to help new users learn application design, programming concepts, get acclimated to working in a team, contributing parts to create a whole. Additionally a familiarity with Version Control Systems(VCS) is important in Open Source development. Development FG members must demonstrate an aptitude with Subversion (svn) and Bazaar (bzr). We teach any language that we collectively know.
Our IRC channel is #ubuntu-beginners-dev on Freenode (irc.freenode.net). Our Launchpad project is located here. All members are requested to subscribe to our mailing list, which is also on our Launchpad page.
Objectives
- Educate Team Members on Ubuntu Development
- Help members work towards membership in Development oriented teams in the community.
- Organize group projects that all members can work on together.
- Provide learning sessions through the Development Focus Group Academy.
Current Tasks
If you are brand new to Ubuntu development and need to install the development tool set, or are setting up a new development machine and need a step by step reminder on how to, check out the Ubuntu Dev Tools: Installation Quick Start
If you are interested in Python, a popular development language in Ubuntu, see Quest for Python a resource of python tutorials as well as tips for setting up Gedit to program python.
Work on bug fixes and new packages.
Read the Packaging Guide. This will be a valuable source as you develop for Ubuntu. Particularly PackagingGuide/Recipes is a good start, as you get to play around with the tools a bit. To get a first impression, you also might want to check out the MOTU Videos
Become familiar with the Ubuntu Development overview, this will help you get an idea how the Ubuntu Development Process works. Definitely check out UbuntuDevelopment/KnowledgeBase for a good list of in-depth guides, tutorials and guidelines.
Check the Development Focus group Academy page for any current programming classes.
Another place to look for Package oriented classes is the Packaging/Training sessions in #ubuntu-classroom.
Meetings
All meeting information can be found here