• Foreword
• Introduction to FOSS
• The Lay Of The Land
• On Being A Beginner
• Getting the Code: Source Code Management
• Building the Code: From Source to Executable
• Debugging the Code: Finding and Reporting Bugs
• Fixing the Code: Patches Welcome
• Explaining the Code: the Art of Documentation
• Expanding the Code: Adding New Features
• ReleaseEarlyReleaseOften
• Credits
• CaseStudySamba
• FOSSAndTheLaw
• FixingTheCodePatchesWelcome
• GettingStartedInAFOSSProject
• Glossary
• SourceCodeManagement
• Testing

Building the Code: From Source to Executable

== Building the code ==

=== What is "building"? =

=== Makefiles and what they do =

=== GNU automake/autoconf and why they are useful =

=== Java build tools: Ant, Maven and friends =

== Exercise: Building Your Developer Workstation ==

The student should be able to build his or her own working checkout of the code, get it into a state where it builds and runs.