..  role:: strike


.. _howto_contribute:

How to contribute to ``skimage``
======================================

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   gitwash/index
   gsoc2011
   coverage_table
   cell_profiler


Developing Open Source is great fun!  Join us on the `skimage mailing
list <http://groups.google.com/group/scikit-image>`_ and tell us which of the
following challenges you'd like to solve.

* Mentoring is available for those new to scientific programming in Python.
* The technical detail of the `development process`_ is given below.
* :doc:`How to use GitHub <gitwash/index>` when developing skimage
* If you're looking something to implement, you can find a list of `requested features on github <https://github.com/scikit-image/scikit-image/wiki/Requested-features>`__. In addition, you can browse the `open issues on github <https://github.com/scikit-image/scikit-image/issues?state=open>`__.

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