32. Appendix: Topics

32.1. Basics for contributors

Note

Recommended reading

• Getting Started
• Lifecycle of a Pull Request

• Where to Get Help
• Following Python’s Development

32.2. Core developers

Note

Recommended reading

• Getting Started
• Lifecycle of a Pull Request
• Accepting Pull Requests

• How to Become a Core Developer
• Developer Log
• Core Developer Motivations and Affiliations
• Experts Index

32.3. Development workflow for contributors

• Development Cycle
• Lifecycle of a Pull Request
• Fixing “easy” Issues (and Beyond)

32.4. Documenting Python and style guide

• Helping with Documentation
• Documenting Python

32.5. Issue tracking and triaging

• Issue Tracking
• Triaging an Issue

32.6. Language development in depth

• Exploring CPython’s Internals
• Changing CPython’s Grammar
• Design of CPython’s Compiler
• Adding to the Stdlib
• Changing the Python Language
• Porting Python to a new platform

32.7. Testing and continuous integration

• Running & Writing Tests
• Increase Test Coverage
• Silence Warnings From the Test Suite
• Continuous Integration
• Running a buildbot worker
• Coverity Scan