To help develop KDE or a KDE application you need to know how to: (i) find KDE information and code, (ii) use CVS, and (iii) compile. This document aims to help you do these things without losing too much hair.

This HOWTO is geared toward new developers, occasional developers, and anyone considering contributing to the most excellent free software project that is KDE. It addresses questions that I and others have been asking on the kde-devel mailing list recently along with some more general information.

You can find a current version of this document at the KDE Developer's HOWTO web page. To contribute, comment, or correct, please email me at <caleb@aei-tech.com>