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WeBWorK Github Wiki

This github wiki is intended to be to be an addendum to the Development section of the WeBWorK wiki ---- Developers "category". In particular new users interested in getting started with their own WeBWorK server, or instructors looking to learn more about how to use WeBWorK in their classes, should take a look at one of the following resources:

• WeBWorK wiki - The main WeBWorK wiki
  • Instructors - Information for Instructors
  • Students - Information for Students
  • Problem Authors - Information for Problem Authors
• WW_Install - Information for using the WW_install script
  • Installation - Older information on installing WeBWorK by hand.
• Forum - The WeBWorK Forum
  • To post to the forum you need to sign up on the WeBWorK wiki (above) first and then use the WW wiki login name and password
• Bugzilla - The main WeBWorK bugtracker
• Reporting Bugs - Information for reporting bugs.
• Frequently Asked Questions - A list of questions frequently asked by those new to WeBWorK and/or new to WeBWorK development.

Information for Developers

The following pages contain information for developers interested in submitting code to WeBWorK. In particular you can find information here on setting up your own github repository, and how to make a pull request and get it accepted into this repository.

• First Time Setup - Setting up your clone of this github repo for the first time.
• Coding and Workflow - Our suggested workflow processes. Following this will make it much easier to get code accepted into the repo.
• Branching and Release Model - Our philosophy for how WeBWorK branches and releases work.
• Creating Pull Requests - Instructions on how to submit a pull request.
• Merging Pull Requests - Instructions on how to review and merge other people's pull requests.
• Maintainers Only - Information for those with collaborator access to the repository.

High level WeBWorK code descriptions

• WeBWorK request execution path
• PG problem rendering execution path