DevelopersHome

General Information

• Links
  • Changelog - the most recent changes made to the game
  • Latest commits - Up-to-date commit messages

• Coding Guidelines
  • Git_for_Wesnoth_Crash_Course - guide for contributors who are new to git
  • HackingWesnoth - guide for programmers
  • CodingStandards - for programmers
  • DeveloperGuide - for those who received repository commit rights
  • SoftwareTesting - for programmers

• Library documentation
  • http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/ - Standard Template Library
  • Boost 1.36 documentation

• Debugging Tips
  • DebuggingWesnoth

Tools and Packaging

• Supporting Websites
  • WesnothRepository - accessing the source code
  • http://gettext.wesnoth.org/ - gettext status
• Compiling and Building
  • CompilingWesnoth - how to compile Battle for Wesnoth (it's not hard)
  • SCons
• Packaging and Releasing
  • ReleasingWesnoth - steps to follow to release a new version
  • WesnothPackagersGuide - guidelines for packaging Wesnoth for different platforms
• Documentation
  • Doxygen - Documentation generator
• More stuff
  • ExternalUtilities (Wercator, CampGen, wmllint, etc.)
  • MaintenanceTools WMLLint, WMLIndent and WMLScope
  • UsingGooglePerformanceTools to profile Wesnoth CPU and memory usage.

I want to start coding, what can I do?

• EasyCoding - Bugs and features that are easy to implement for new coders
• NotSoEasyCoding - Bugs and features which are doable but lacking someone working on them
• GettingStarted
• FrequentlyProposedIdeas - summary of past often-repeated forum discussions
• Glossary

Game - Create content

• BuildingScenarios and related useful forum discussions:
  • Beginning Campaign Development
  • A Balancing Act
• ReferenceWML

Code documentation

• http://devdocs.wesnoth.org - generated code documentation
• AI
  • AI_Module - guide to AI module (src/ai)
  • FormulaAI - Guide to the experimental formula AI branch
• Themes
  • ThemeSystem - customizing the screen layout for the game and the editor
• Multiplayer
  • WesnothdDesign - Guide to the design of wesnothd, the multiplayer server.
• Gui2 - The new Gui-Framework
  • GUIToolkit
  • GUILayout
  • GUIVariable
  • Gui2 WML
    • GUICanvasWML
    • GUIToolkitWML
    • GUIWidgetDefinitionWML
    • GUIWidgetInstanceWML
    • GUIWindowDefinitionWML
• Savegames
  • SavegameClassHierarchy

Communication, Feedback, Events

• Gna! links
  • http://bugs.wesnoth.org/ - Gna! - bugs and feature requests
  • http://patches.wesnoth.org/ - Gna! - patches

• Mailing lists
  • https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev/ - wesnoth-dev
  • https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-commits/ - wesnoth-commits

• IRC
  • freenode/#wesnoth-dev - IRC (alias to irc.freenode.net)
  • http://irclog.wesnoth.org/ - IRC logs

• Forum - http://forum.wesnoth.org

• This wiki - http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Main_Page

• FOSDEM
  • Fosdem2008
  • Fosdem2009
  • Fosdem2010
  • Fosdem2011
  • Fosdem2012

• Google Summer of Code
  • SummerOfCodeIdeas - Ideas for GSoC
  • SoC_Information_for_Google - Our organization profile for Google
  • SoC_People_to_bug_on_IRC - Who GSoC students can ask for help

Miscellaneous

• DebugMode and CommandMode - in game debugging commands
• Missing unit animations - what's available and what's missing
• http://units.wesnoth.org/ - Unit reference