Task Categories

Most tasks have been sorted into the following categories. You can find all tasks in a particular category by searching for a particular label:

• Code: tasks which involve patching existing code or writing new code
• Documentation: tasks which involve fixing errors in existing documentation or writing new documentation
• Outreach: tasks which involve helping the project spread the word about their offerings
• Translation: tasks which involve translating documentation, etc. into other languages
• QualityAssurance: tasks which involve testing software or writing tests for an existing code base
• UserInterface: tasks which involve UI design or user experience research
• Training: Tasks related to helping others learn more
• Research: Tasks related to studying a problem and recommending solutions

Resources

If you are interested in participating in the contest by working on the Mono project, you should spend some time checking out the project website.

Here are some of the first things to check out as a newly arrived contributor:

• Overview FAQs
• Project Mailing Lists and Archives
• Developer Handbook
• There are many other resources listed on our Contributing Page.

Getting Help

If you have signed up to complete a particular task and you have some questions about how best to complete it, first see if the task description has specific instructions about whom to contact for assistance. If there are no specific instructions in the task, these resources should be helpful to you:

• IRC Chat: you can find us in #mono on irc.gimp.net
• Email: you can send your questions to us mono-list at lists dot ximian dot com

Other Questions

If you have a question not answered here that is related to contest mechanics, your best bet is to check out the Google Highly Open Participation Contest page for more details.