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  |introduction=Please visit {{forum link|text=our forum}} if you cannot find what you're looking for.
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<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">[[FlightGear and Git|Development repository status]]</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">Getting started</span><br />
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[[How the FlightGear project works]] <br/>
[[Howto: Understand the FlightGear development process|The development process]] · [[Release plan]]<br/>
[[Building FlightGear]] · [[FlightGear and Git|Git]] · [[FlightGear Build Server|Build server]]<br/>
[[Property tree]] · [[File formats]] · [[Tools of the Trade]] · {{tickets|Bug tracker}}</span>

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<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">Feeds</span><br />
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[{{forum url}}/feed.php Forum posts]<br/>
[http://wiki.flightgear.org/api.php?hidebots=1&days=7&limit=50&action=feedrecentchanges&feedformat=atom Wiki changes]<br/>
[https://gitlab.com/groups/flightgear/-/issues.atom Bugs]<br/>
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<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">General</span><br />
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[[Long Term Goals|Long term goals]] · [[:Category:Popular Community Requests|Popular Ideas]] · [[Virtual FSweekend Hackathon 2021]]<br/>
[[Improving Glider Realism|Improving glider realism]] / [[Improving Helicopter Realism|helicopter realism]]<br/>
[[Howto:Set up a multiplayer server|Setting up a multiplayer server]] · [[FlightGear Expo Checklist|Expo checklist]]</span>

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<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">[[Portal:Developer/Aircraft|Aircraft]]</span><br />
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[[Howto:Troubleshooting Aircraft Performance Issues]]·
[[Howto: Make an aircraft|Making an aircraft]] · [[Flight Dynamics Model|Flight dynamics model]]<br/>
[[Howto: 3D Aircraft Models|3D aircraft models]] · [[Howto: Edit a livery|Liveries]] · [[:Category:Aircraft resources|Resources]]<br/>
[[Soaring instrumentation sdk]]  · [[Creating instruments for FG|Creating instruments]] · [[System dependent instruments|System dependent instruments]]<br/>
[[Howto: Design an autopilot|Designing an autopilot]]</span>

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<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">Animations</span><br />
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[[Howto: Animate models|Animate models]] · [[Howto: Illuminate faces|Illuminate objects]]<br/>
[[Howto: Animate gear scissors|Gear scissors]] ([[Howto: Animate gear scissors using the tracking animation|with tracking animation]])<br/>
[[Howto: Make a clickable panel|Clickable panels]] · [[Knob / slider animation]]</span>

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<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">Core</span><br />
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[[:Category:FlightGear Core developers|List of Core Developers]] · [[:Category:Developer Plans|Developer Plans]] · [[:Category:Core development projects|Projects]] <br/>
[[Howto: Start core development|Getting started]] · [[Programming resources]] · [[Nasal/CppBind|Adding scripting bindings]]<br/>
[[Howto:Add new fgcommands to FlightGear|Adding fgcommands]] · [[Howto:Create new subsystems|Creating subsystems]]<br/>
[[Built-in Profiler]] · [[Howto:Extend Nasal]] · [[Howto:Using Ada in FlightGear]]<br/>
[[Howto:Use Property Tree Objects]] · [[Code cleanup]] <br/>
[[FlightGear-Points of Interest]] · [[Request for comments]] <br/>
[[OpenSceneGraph]] · [[Rendering system improvements]] · {{tickets|Bug tracker}}</span>

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<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">[[Portal:Developer/Scenery|Scenery]]</span><br />
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[[Procedural Texturing]]<br/>
[[Howto: Place 3D objects with the UFO|Placing objects]] · [[Signs|Airport signs]]<br/>
[[Howto: Convert objects from X-Plane|Converting from X-Plane/MSFS]]<br/>
[[Howto: Make an airport|Making an airport]] · [[Using TerraGear|Generating terrain]]<br/>
[[AI Traffic]] · [[Howto:Improve scenery in your area, or area of interest|Quick links: Improve your area - where & how to improve something you see]]</span>

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<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">[[Nasal|Scripting]]</span><br />
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[[Nasal FAQ|Frequently asked questions]] · [[Howto:Write simple scripts in Nasal|Writing simple scripts]] <br />
[[Nasal for C++ programmers]] · [[Nasal Variables|Variables and their types]] <br />
[[Nasal Conditionals|Conditionals]] · [[Nasal Loops|Loops]] · [[Nasal Operators|Operators]] · [[Nasal Console|In-sim console]]</span>

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<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">Effects and shaders</span><br />
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[[Shaders]] · [[Project Rembrandt]]<br/>
[[Howto:Shader Programming in FlightGear|Shader programming in FlightGear]]<br/>
[[Shader Coding - Best Practices|Best Practices]] · [[GLSL Shader Programming Resources|GLSL resources]]</span>
  
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{{Main page/Leftbox|title=Put a piece of yourself into FlightGear!
  |contents=In FlightGear, "development" is [[Howto:Understand the FlightGear development process|anything that improves the project]]. So, it's not just code-related [[Howto:Start core development|core development]]. There's also [[Portal:Developer/Scenery|scenery development]], [[Portal:Developer/Aircraft|aircraft development]] and all the stuff you can see in the column here on the right. If you want an extended overview, check out the [[Volunteer]] page.

Actually that's not all you can contribute. There's also documentation, with the [[FlightGear Manual]]... and this wiki of course! To contribute to the wiki, head off to the [[Portal:Wiki|Wiki Portal]]. There's a lot to do there too.

If you want to get in touch with other developers, register an account at the {{forum link |f=18 |text=forum}}, and for core development subscribe to the [[mailing list]] too and consider visiting the {{tickets|Bug tracker}}.

Remember: we might call it volunteering, but what should drive you is [[How the FlightGear project works|the fun of doing something]].
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{{Main page/Leftbox|title=For core developers
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Visit [[:Category:Core development projects]] to see a list of currently ongoing projects!
See [[:Category:Developer Plans]] to see a list of developer plans for the upcoming release.
See [[request for comments]] for a list of long-standing issues and challenges affecting FlightGear's evolution and overall development progress (admittedly a little outdated meanwhile). Also see the {{tickets|Bug tracker}}.
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{{Main page/Leftbox|title=Coding Help Needed! (Updated 06/2020)
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* {{Progressbar|20}} [[Deboosting FlightGear|Replacing boost]]
* {{Pending}} [[World Scenery 3.0 roadmap]] 
* {{Pending}} [[Reset & re-init]] 
* {{Pending}} [[Canvas Development]] - discusses possible future Canvas additions
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