this is a living topic what shall collect and describe nicely all traps and hurdles when trying to contribute to codebase of Joplin. For the time being anyone is welcome to edit this wiki. If you feel that there is something that should be mentioned here, just reply in this topic and quote (disco…

@PackElend , I've noticed that several applicants commit changes unrelated to their PR. It's been a time sink in some PR as we have to remind them over and over again to remove these changes. So I think we should suggest they check their changes carefully before committing them. Something like: Be…

agree will update the quick start guide done in in the live blog and here

Where to install a new dependency that will be used by all the platform apps? [image] Where to install a new dependency that will be used by all the platform apps? You should add the dependency in ElectronClient/package.json, CliClient/package.json, and ReactNativeClient/package.json.

unit test description Desktop: Use system keychain for storing passwords laurent22:master ← jyuvaraj03:keytar opened 05:57AM - 23 Mar 20 UTC (UTC) [jyuvaraj03] jyuvaraj03 …

important info [Desktop] Add option to preview note body in note list laurent22:master ← anihm136:feature/note-list-preview-snippet opened 05:57AM - 24 Mar 20 UTC (UTC) [anihm136] …

important remark on imported notes by wrapper DESKTOP : Added a Markdown-it plugin to support embedded youtube videos laurent22:master ← Rishgod:embedVideoII opened 04:20PM - 13 Mar 20 UTC (UTC) …

restart travis CI Desktop: Change Toolbar Layout laurent22:master ← rabeehrz:issue-1944 opened 09:39AM - 06 Apr 20 UTC (UTC) [rabeehrz] rabeehrz …

[image] PackElend: development environment I would recommend that you should recommend VS Code , since it's consistent across Linux, macOS, and Windows, and it's an Electron app itself. It supports complexity without being too complex. I also discovered through trial and error that you need t…

I'm trying to work my way through BUILD.md, and I'm still running into problems, probably due to the fact that I'm running the macOS 11 beta. I'm currently waiting for the latest Xcode GM to download, but in the meantime, here are my thoughts on BUILD.md... I think the "Required dependencies" shou…

[image] elsiehupp: How's this to start? that is greater, I hope @laurent could spare a minute to pick it up

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