The discussion of Friendica development takes place in the following Friendica forums:
* The main [forum for Friendica development](https://forum.friendi.ca/profile/developers)
-* The [forum for Friendica theme development](https://friendica.eu/profile/ftdevs)
## Help other users
It's a command-line tool that downloads required libraries into the `vendor` folder and makes any namespaced class in `src` available through the whole application through `boot.php`.
+If you want to have git automatically update the dependencies with composer, you can use the `post-merge` [git-hook](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Customizing-Git-Git-Hooks) with a script similar to this one:
+
+ #/usr/bin/env bash
+ # MIT © Sindre Sorhus - sindresorhus.com
+ # forked by Gianluca Guarini
+ # phponly by Ivo Bathke ;)
+ # modified for Friendica by Tobias Diekershoff
+ changed_files="$(git diff-tree -r --name-only --no-commit-id ORIG_HEAD HEAD)"
+ check_run() {
+ echo "$changed_files" | grep --quiet "$1" && eval "$2"
+ }
+ # `composer install` if the `composer.lock` file gets changed
+ # to update all the php dependencies
+ check_run composer.lock "bin/composer.phar install --no-dev"
+
+just place it into `.git/hooks/post-merge` and make it executable.
+
* [Class autoloading](help/autoloader)
* [Using Composer](help/Composer)
* [How To Move Classes to `src`](help/Developer-How-To-Move-Classes-to-src)
* Try to reproduce a bug that needs more inquiries and write down what you find out.
* If a bug looks fixed, ask the bug reporters for feedback to find out if the bug can be closed.
* Fix a bug if you can. Please make the pull request against the *develop* branch of the repository.
-* There is a *Junior Job* label for issues we think might be a good point to start with.
+* There is a *[Junior Job](https://github.com/friendica/friendica/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A"Junior+Jobs")* label for issues we think might be a good point to start with.
But you don't have to limit yourself to those issues.
### Web interface
* Look at the first steps that were made (e.g. the clean theme).
Ask us to find out whom to talk to about their experiences.
* Talk to design people if you know any.
-* Let us know about your plans [in the dev forum](https://forum.friendi.ca/profile/developers) or the [theme developer forum](https://friendica.eu/profile/ftdevs).
+* Let us know about your plans [in the dev forum](https://forum.friendi.ca/profile/developers)
Do not worry about cross-posting.
### Client software