How do you become part of the development team?

[franky_reves]

What are the things you have to learn to become part of the development team?

[vkareh]

I wrote a post about it a while ago, but basically anyone can contribute. Code is written mostly in C, with a bit of Python for smaller apps and applets.

What languages are programs in Ubuntu MATE written in?

Depends what you mean by "novice". If you're novice at programming, I would suggest starting with Python, write a few simple scripts to get comfortable, then go and dig into a project. The Ubuntu MATE repository has plenty of simple applets written in Python. The best approach I've found is to scratch your own itch: find a project that has bugs that you can reproduce, or a feature that you really want added to it. Don't be afraid to break code, you can always undo/revert it. When it comes to…

It helps to learn GTK, and maybe X for lower level stuff. The Ubuntu MATE Github repositories have tons of code to use as examples.

Happy coding and feel free to reach out with more specific questions!