Whether you are a user or a potential developer, there are many ways in which you can contribute to the BIXTEP project.

Users can contribute
As a user, you can suggest new features and discuss problems in the forums or per email at contact [at] bixtep.com. BIXTEP is being actively developed, so there are chances that your suggestions are implemented in one of the next releases.

Contribute code
The best starting place for potential developers is the bugtracker. Look whether there are open tasks and issues to which you could contribute.

To become familiar with the code, you can browse it and read the embedded documentation.

You can also get the latest code by checking out a copy from the Subversion repository using the following command:
svn co http://svn2.assembla.com/svn/bixtep/trunk bixtep

Get in touch if you are interested in contributing to the project.

Version control
The SVN repository root has three subfolders: trunk, branches and tags. The latest development code is stored in trunk. Once all planned features for a certain version are completed, a new branch will be created for that version. The version will be finalized in the branch while in the meantime work toward the next version can continue in trunk. Once a new version is ready, a release tag will be created for it.