Project Contribution

Thank you for your interest in contributing to the Blender Development for PyCharm plugin!

This section is dedicated to developers who wish to contribute to the Kotlin source code of the plugin itself. If you are looking for information on how to use the plugin to develop Blender extensions, please refer to the Usage Guide.

Contribution Areas

• Bug Fixes: Address issues reported in the tracker.

• New Features: Implement requested features or propose your own.

• Documentation: Improve the wiki or in-code documentation.

• Architecture: Help refine the plugin’s internal design.

Getting Started

To begin contributing, please review the following subpages:

• Contributing
  • Reporting Issues
  • Getting Started
  • Development Workflow
  • Communication
• Coding Guidelines
  • IntelliJ Platform SDK Practices
  • Kotlin Styling Practices
  • Python Styling Practices
  • Clean & Readable Code Practices
• Localization and Internationalization (i18n)
  • Supported Languages
  • How Localization Works
  • Assistance Needed
  • How to Help
  • Localized Wiki
  • Standardization
• Localization Contribution Guidelines
  • How We Handle Localization (i18n)
  • Currently Supported Languages
  • How to Contribute
  • Technical Requirements
  • Workflow
  • AI Disclosure

These pages provide detailed instructions on setting up your environment, the development workflow, and the coding standards we follow.

Note

While we aim for a universal build process, we strongly recommend using IntelliJ IDEA for contributing to the Kotlin source, as the project is optimized for the IntelliJ Platform SDK.