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<h2>How do I start coding?</h2>

<ol>
	<li>Read the <a href="http://maven.apache.org/guides/development/guide-building-m2.html">Guide to Building Maven</a>.</li>
	<li>Read <a class="confluence-link" href="/display/MAVENUSER/Getting+Started+with+Maven" data-linked-resource-id="66067" data-linked-resource-type="page" data-linked-resource-default-alias="Getting Started with Maven" data-base-url="http://docs.codehaus.org">Getting Started with Maven</a>.</li>
	<li>For your convenience, here is a script getting you up and running on Unix/Linux/Mac OS with the trunk. You need to have Ant and Subversion installed.
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#!/bin/bash
which java 1>/dev/null 2>&amp;1
if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
    echo "Could not find java executable. Please install and add it to your PATH"
    exit 1
fi

which ant 1>/dev/null 2>&amp;1
if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
    echo "Could not find ant executable. Please install and add it to your PATH"
    exit 1
fi

if [ ! -d "maven-dev/.svn" ]; then
    svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/trunks maven-dev
    if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
        echo "Error checking out Maven source code"
        exit 1
    fi
fi

dir="$PWD"

cd "maven-dev/components"

if [ -e "$M2_HOME" ]; then
    version=$(cat pom.xml|sed -e "/&lt;parent>/,/&lt;\/parent>/ d"|grep -m1 "&lt;version>"|sed -e "s/ *&lt;version>$.*$&lt;\/version> */\1/g")
    export M2_HOME="$dir/target/maven-$version"
fi

mkdir -p "$M2_HOME"
echo "Using M2_HOME=$M2_HOME"

ant
if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
    echo "Error building Maven"
    exit 1
fi

echo "Done. You might want to set the following variables:"
echo "export M2_HOME=$M2_HOME"
echo "export PATH=$M2_HOME/bin:$PATH"
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<h2>How do I write plugins?</h2>

<ol>
	<li>Read <a href="http://maven.apache.org/guides/plugin/guide-java-plugin-development.html">Your First Mojo</a>.</li>
	<li>Read the <a href="http://maven.apache.org/developers/mojo-api-specification.html">Mojo API Specification</a>.</li>
	<li>Read chapter 5 of the <a href="http://library.mergere.com">Maven Book</a>.</li>
</ol>

<h2> I want to propose...</h2>

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<ol>
	<li>If you have a proposal, have a look at the <a class="confluence-link" href="/display/MAVEN/All+Proposals" data-linked-resource-id="1835072" data-linked-resource-type="page" data-linked-resource-default-alias="All Proposals" data-base-url="http://docs.codehaus.org">All Proposals</a>, the <a class="confluence-link" href="/display/MAVENUSER/User+Proposals" data-linked-resource-id="2588971" data-linked-resource-type="page" data-linked-resource-default-alias="User Proposals" data-base-url="http://docs.codehaus.org">User Proposals</a> and the <a href="http://maven.apache.org/mail-lists.html">Developer's List</a> if the issue has already been discussed.</li>
	<li>If not, add your proposal to the <a class="confluence-link" href="/display/MAVENUSER/User+Proposals" data-linked-resource-id="2588971" data-linked-resource-type="page" data-linked-resource-default-alias="User Proposals" data-base-url="http://docs.codehaus.org">User Proposals</a>.</li>
	<li>If you have a proposal that might need discussion, you can also post it to the <a href="http://maven.apache.org/mail-lists.html">Developer's List</a>.</li>
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