Get involved

File a bug report

The simplest way to participate is to file bug reports at the bug tracker.

If you find any problems with the D language, please file a bug report. Problems that are not filed will not get fixed, because the developers wouldn't know the problem existed. If you're not sure if something is a bug or by design, please ask in the forums (see below).

Note that compiler internal errors (crashes, assertion failures, etc.) should always be filed. No matter how wrong your input is, the compiler should give an appropriate error message and abort compilation; it should never crash. Such crashes are always bugs.

Discuss in the forums

You can also join in the discussion at the D forums, which can be accessed via the web interface, the mailing list interface, or the NNTP server.

The main D forum is for general discussion on the D language, feature requests and discussions, etc.. Newcomers should start with the D.learn forum, which is intended for learners to ask more basic questions about programming in D.

Alpha-test the development version of D

If you're feeling adventurous, or crave the bleeding-edge features of D, you may want to learn how to build git master.

Contribute to the source code and documentation

The source code for the D website, compiler, runtime library, and Phobos (the standard library), are all available on GitHub. Contributions to the source code are done via pull requests. Please note that contributions to DMD source code will only be accepted if the author agrees to have the copyright of the code assigned to Digital Mars.

To find something to work on, you can search the bug list for issues that you can help fix, or view the most-voted-for issue list.

See also

• Helping D Progress
• Bugzilla
• Pull Requests, Review process, http://dlang.org/dstyle.html
• Building DMD
• DMD Source Guide
• Unit Testing Phobos modules
• Discussion and Ideas
• Release Process
• Official Documentation Comments
• History Of Development Model For D
• Phobos
• Tango
• Libraries
• Git Commit Tester
• Using Git on Windows
• Container Ideas