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 That way we can talk about the problem first and discuss the implementation (and of course help you with your code)
 
+To get started after cloning the repository, install the [development dependencies](https://github.com/owncloud/news#development-dependencies) and run:
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+    make
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+in the app directory to fetch all dependencies and compile the JavaScript. The News app uses Composer for PHP dependencies, Gulp for building the JavaScript "binary" and Bower/npm as JavaScript package manager. For more information on JavaScript development [check out the README.md in the js folder](https://github.com/owncloud/news/blob/master/js/README.md)
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+For running all tests suites you can run:
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+    make test
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+Packaging is done via:
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+    make dist
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+The packages are inside the top level **build/artifacts** folder
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 ### Stuff To Work On
 
 Check [the plugin section on the wiki](https://github.com/owncloud/news/wiki#requested-and-needs-contributors) for finding ideas to work on which should be realized separately via a plugin or app.