Programming

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Now you're rocking with the Tech team
( documents • status • meetings • why we work on CS )

This article should be merged with Tech getting started.

The CouchSurfing website has a lot of room for improvement. And there are a lot of CouchSurfers who are good at programming. Many of whom actually offered to help out with programming. We should strive for allowing as much as participation as possible.

1 Get involved
- 1.1 Helping out with the code
- 1.2 Helping out with security
2 Some projects

Get involved

Report bugs at our Bug Tracker (BT).
- Good bug reporting is essential for fixing bugs, and reading the bug reporting guide is a good idea.
- "Interfacing" between the Cockroach group and the Bug Tracker is also highly appreciated
Work out and discuss ideas in the CS Groups (Brainstorm, Quality vs. Quantity) and on this wiki (Site improvement).
Help out inexperienced users.
Participate in writing user guides (CouchSurfing.com for Dummies)

Helping out with the code

Check your HTML.

Helping out with security

Send a security audit report to Guaka^Talk^CS (don't crash our servers while doing it).

Some projects

Telephone Surfing - an automated telephone service for CS
NeedSurfing - calls for a programmed addition to the system to connect volunteers with work projects
CouchSurfing University - involves a programmed system either seperate or modifying current database

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Programming

Contents

Get involved

Helping out with the code

Helping out with security

Some projects