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This is a high-level overview of MediaWiki development, including links to the key documents, resources and tools available to MediaWiki developers. It is written for skilled LAMP developers who have experience using MediaWiki.

For an introductory guide to developing MediaWiki, read how to become a MediaWiki hacker.

Per l'aiuto all'installazione o alla configurazione, vedi aiuto per gli amministratori.

Overview
MediaWiki is developed in an open source style using the PHP programming language primarily for the LAMP platform. Core development is largely coordinated online.


 * Development discussion happens on various mailing lists and IRC channels. The main developer list is wikitech-l. The main developer IRC channels are #mediawiki and #wikimedia-dev. Read the Developers article to get a sense for who the people on the mailing lists and IRC channels are.


 * MediaWiki roadmap - caratteristiche previste per i prossimi rilasci. Guida di riferimento conforme a cambiamento.


 * Source code is managed using the Git revision control system. Read the Git article for an overview of how the MediaWiki developers use Git. Read the labsconsole Help:Access article if you'd like access.


 * Code review is performed on Gerrit, see this tutorial to get set up with git and gerrit in order to submit patches.


 * Developers extending or interfacing with MediaWiki (instead working on the core code) have several convenient extension points, including the API, the Hooks system and Skins – see the section of this page for an overview.

Espansioni MediaWiki
Ci sono 5 espansioni principali che consentono agli sviluppatori di aggiungere funzionalità a MediaWiki o di modificare quelle esistenti. MediaWiki è stato pensato per permettere delle modifiche senza cambiare il "codice base". Questo semplicizza l'aggiornamento ad una nuova versione senza dover andare a modificare il sorgente per prendere le espansioni. Queste espansioni sono:


 * API – access the data and metadata of MediaWiki instances through a powerful web API.


 * Hooks - Aggiunge un simbolo x al markup wiki (ogni volta che compare x succede qualcosa)


 * Parser Functions - Crea un nuovo comando:


 * Skins - Cambia l'aspetto grafico di MediaWiki.


 * Special Pages - Aggiunge una pagina speciale.


 * Tag Extensions - Crea un nuovo tag:

Aiuto per sviluppatori di espansioni

 * Manual:Developing extensions – a guide to developing extensions.
 * Project:WikiProject Extensions
 * Extensions FAQ
 * Extension Matrix – an auto-generated list of extensions. See also Category:Extensions, a less complete list of extensions.
 * Manual:$wgExtensionFunctions – use to defer setup (or run other callbacks) for extensions until after the MediaWiki core is setup.
 * Extension:BoilerPlate - a blank extension template

Help for skin developers

 * Manual:Skinning – instructions on how to create a skin for MediaWiki.
 * Manual:Skin configuration – a guide to configuring skins for a wiki.

Third-party wiki uses

 * Enterprise hub - For Enterprise wikis
 * Academic hub - For Academic wikis