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If this is your first contribution to the Firefox codebase, welcome! It can be scary to get started contributing to a large and complex codebase, but we’ve prepared some tips to help you fix a good-first-bug and land a patch in Firefox. | If this is your first contribution to the Firefox codebase, welcome! It can be scary to get started contributing to a large and complex codebase, but we’ve prepared some tips to help you fix a good-first-bug and land a patch in Firefox. | ||
If we haven’t addressed your question in this document, please ask us by leaving a comment in the bug or by joining us on | If we haven’t addressed your question in this document, please ask us by leaving a comment in the bug or by joining us on chat.mozilla.org in the #addons room (see [[Matrix]]). For a general overview of how to contribute to Firefox, please [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_guide/Introduction go here]. | ||
== General Tips == | == General Tips == | ||
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* It's ok to ask questions in Bugzilla comments! It's best if you ask specific questions, like, "Can you help me find the line of code that needs changing," and not general questions like, "can you help me." | * It's ok to ask questions in Bugzilla comments! It's best if you ask specific questions, like, "Can you help me find the line of code that needs changing," and not general questions like, "can you help me." | ||
* It's normal to try things out and get stuck when you're working on your bug. When that happens, we encourage you to try a few different approaches before you ask for help. A good rule of thumb is to try to only needinfo your mentor once a day. | * It's normal to try things out and get stuck when you're working on your bug. When that happens, we encourage you to try a few different approaches before you ask for help. A good rule of thumb is to try to only needinfo your mentor once a day. | ||
* It might take mentors a day or two to get back to you. If you haven't heard a response in more than two days, please feel free to ping them on | * It might take mentors a day or two to get back to you. If you haven't heard a response in more than two days, please feel free to ping them on chat.mozilla.org in the #addons room (see [[Matrix]]). | ||
== Getting Started == | == Getting Started == | ||