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In the '''Product Development''' tab you will find resources and channels related to software development and technology. Find the right portals and channels below, and learn more about other ways you can get involved on the menu on the left. 

=== Technical Collaboration ===
The Technical Collaboration group at the Wikimedia Foundation helps developers to build features in collaboration with our communities. We are organized in two teams based on primary audiences: [[Community Liaisons]] (editors) and [[Developer Relations]] (developers).

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!style="width:70%"|'''Questions by topic'''
!style="width:30%"|'''Where to get direct support'''
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|'''Editing tools:'''  Do you have questions about the visual editor?  Do you want to report a bug or share an idea about how to improve it?
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* [[:mw:VisualEditor/Feedback|Feedback page for the VisualEditor software]]
* Self-help community resources: [[:mw:Help:VisualEditor/VE_as_the_main_editor|checklist]] · [[:mw:Help:VisualEditor/Community_Taskforce|taskforce]]
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|'''Collaboration tools:'''  Do you have questions about [[Mw:Flow|Flow]], the threaded discussion and workflow tool?
| [[:mw:Talk:Flow|Feedback page for Flow]]
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|'''Notifications:'''  Do you have questions about [[Echo (Notifications)|Notifications]] or "Echo"?
| [[:mw:Talk:Notifications|Feedback on Notifications]]
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|'''Translations:'''  Do you want to help translate our software or documentation?  Can you help improve incorrect or untranslated items on buttons or in other parts of the user interface on a wiki?  Do you want to translate announcements and help pages for editors and other contributors?
| [[Meta:Babylon/Translations|Introduction to Wikimedia translation]]
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|'''Volunteer development:'''  Do you want to become a volunteer developer?
| [[:mw:How to become a MediaWiki hacker|How to become a MediaWiki hacker]]
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| '''Report a bug:''' Is something not working as it should? You can do something about it by submitting a bug report. 
| [[mw:How to report a bug|Read how to report a bug on MediaWiki.org
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|'''Tool Labs:'''  Do you want to run a project [[labsconsole:Portal:Tool_Labs|on Tool Labs]]?   Do you need a place to host a tool or bot that helps users maintain and use Wikimedia wikis?  Do you want access to and replicas of Wikimedia databases?
| Contact [[User:CPettet (WMF)|Chase]] for help.
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|'''Design research:'''  Do you want to join user testing?
| Sign up as a [https://wikimedia.org/research research participant]
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|'''Beta features:'''  Do you want to test new products?
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* See the [[mediawikiwiki:Beta_Features#Current_Beta_Features|current list of testing opportunities]]
* Enable Beta Features in [[Special:Preferences]] at each wiki
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|'''Technical Collaboration Guidelines:'''  The TCG establishes best practices for inviting community involvement in the product development and deployment cycle.
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|'''Community Wishlist Survey:'''  a survey  for Wikimedia contributors to submit the fixes and improvements they would like to see in the Wikimedia platforms. 
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|'''Virtual and in-person events:'''  Monthly CREDIT meetings and the Mediawiki Hackathon are two separate series of events tailored for mediwiki developers. 
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* [[mw:User:Rfarrand (WMF)|Rachel Farrand]]
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=== Product ===
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[[:mw:Product|Wikimedia Product]] writes software for the Wikimedia movement.  The [[:mw:Discovery|Discovery team]] works on search functions and maps.  The [[:mw:Editing|Editing team]] maintains the [[mw:editor|core editing tools]], including [[:mw:VisualEditor/Portal|the visual editor]].  The [[:mw:Reading|Reading team]] improves the experience for readers and casual contributors, especially on mobile platforms.  The [[:mw:Community Tech|Community Technology team]] supports active editors through the [[Community Wishlist]] project.

:''See the '''[[mw:Wikimedia Product|Wikimedia Product portal]]''' for more details''

=== Technology ===
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[[:mw:Technology|Wikimedia Technology]] maintains the [[:wikitech:Portal:Wikitech|technical infrastructure]] that is used by Wikipedia and other projects.  In addition to operations and security, they also support [[:mw:Wikimedia Research|research]] and [[:wikitech:Help:Tool Labs|the Tool Labs]] for community developers working on tools and bots that help users maintain and use wikis.

:''See '''[[wikitech:|Wikitech, the Wikimedia Technology wiki]]''' for more details''
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