Contribute to Soplang
Soplang is an open-source project that thrives on community contributions. There are many ways to contribute, regardless of your skill level or background.
Why Contribute?
Improve Your Skills
Contributing to Soplang is a great way to improve your programming skills and learn from experienced developers.
Join the Community
Become part of a vibrant community of developers passionate about creating a better programming language.
Make an Impact
Your contributions can help thousands of developers who use Soplang around the world.
Ways to Contribute
Code Contributions
Help improve Soplang by contributing code to the core language, standard library, or tools.
Learn more →Documentation
Help improve the documentation by fixing errors, adding examples, or writing tutorials.
Learn more →Bug Reports
Report bugs or suggest improvements to help make Soplang more stable and feature-rich.
Learn more →Translations
Help translate Soplang documentation and resources into different languages.
Learn more →Community Support
Help other users by answering questions in forums, chat, or mailing lists.
Learn more →Financial Support
Donate to the Soplang project to help fund development and infrastructure.
Learn more →Getting Started
1. Set Up Your Development Environment
Before you can contribute to Soplang, you'll need to set up your development environment:
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/soplang/soplang.git
cd soplang
# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
# Run tests to make sure everything is working
python -m pytestFor more detailed instructions, see the Development Setup Guide.
2. Find an Issue to Work On
We maintain a list of beginner-friendly issues that are good starting points for new contributors:
- Look for issues labeled good first issue or help wanted
- Check the project roadmap for upcoming features
- Browse the forums for user-requested features
3. Submit Your Contribution
Once you've made your changes, submit a pull request:
- Create a new branch for your changes
- Make your changes and commit them with clear, descriptive commit messages
- Push your branch to your fork
- Open a pull request against the main Soplang repository
- Wait for feedback from maintainers
Contribution Guidelines
Code Style
We follow PEP 8 with some modifications. Please ensure your code adheres to our style guide. Use the provided linters and formatters to check your code before submitting.
Testing
All code contributions should include appropriate tests. We use pytest for our test suite. Make sure all tests pass before submitting your pull request.
Documentation
Code should be well-documented with docstrings and comments where appropriate. If you're adding a new feature, please also update the relevant documentation.
Pull Requests
Keep pull requests focused on a single change. If you have multiple changes to make, submit multiple pull requests. Provide a clear description of the problem and solution.
Top Contributors
Mr Sharafdin
Core Developer
247 contributions
Omar Tood
Documentation Lead
183 contributions
Ismail Ainte
Community Manager
156 contributions
Need Help Getting Started?
If you have questions about contributing to Soplang, don't hesitate to reach out to us. We're always happy to help new contributors get started.