Introduction¶

Intended Audience¶

This guide is intended primarily for developers who want to work on the main Dataverse code base at https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse

To get started, you’ll want to set up your Development Environment and make sure you understand the branching strategy described in the Version Control section. Testing is expected. Opinions about Coding Style are welcome!

If you have any questions at all, please reach out to other developers per https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md

Roadmap¶

For the Dataverse development roadmap, please see https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/milestones

The Contributing to Dataverse document in the root of the source tree provides guidance on:

• the use of labels to organize and prioritize issues
• making pull requests
• how to contact the development team

Related Guides¶

If you are a developer who wants to make use of Dataverse APIs, please see the API Guide. If you have front-end UI questions, please see the Style Guide.

If you are a sysadmin who likes to code, you may be interested in hacking on installation scripts mentioned in the Installation Guide. We validate the installation scripts with Tools such as Vagrant.

Related Projects¶

As a developer, you also may be interested in these projects related to Dataverse:

• Miniverse - expose metrics from a Dataverse database: https://github.com/IQSS/miniverse
• Zelig (R) - run statistical models on files uploaded to Dataverse: https://github.com/IQSS/Zelig
• TwoRavens (Javascript) - a d3.js interface for exploring data and running Zelig models: https://github.com/IQSS/TwoRavens
• Universal Numerical Fingerprint (UNF) (Java) - a Universal Numerical Fingerprint: https://github.com/IQSS/UNF
• DataTags (Java and Scala) - tag datasets with privacy levels: https://github.com/IQSS/DataTags
• GeoConnect (Python) - create a map by uploading files to Dataverse: https://github.com/IQSS/geoconnect
• Dataverse API client libraries - use Dataverse APIs from various languages: Client Libraries
• Third party apps - make use of Dataverse APIs: Apps
• chat.dataverse.org - chat interface for Dataverse users and developers: https://github.com/IQSS/chat.dataverse.org
• [Your project here] :)

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