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There are many ways to contribute to EiffelStudio through projects large and small. Check the list of open projects below; if you feel none covers your special interest, see below how to add your own project.

Libraries

• Multiplatform editor component: Scintilla
• Multiplatform layout engine component: Mozilla/Gecko
• Native GUI library for OSX
• Eiffel LEGO NXT Commumication Library and EiffelStudio Integration

General environment mechanisms

• Integrating AutoTest into EiffelStudio
• Eiffel Multi User
• More refactoring mechanisms
• Advanced class and feature wizard
• Integrate support for configuration management
• Eiffel Mutation Testing Tool
• Build tool

User interface

• EiffelVision Accelerators
• Unicode support for EiffelVision
• Editor
• EiffelBuild Integration
• Cocoa for EiffelVision2
• EiffelStudio UI for other languages (internationalization)

Build infrastructure

• Build tool
  
• Debian packages
  
• OSX release infrastructure
• Standards and tools for Eiffel based components
• OSX release infrastructure

Language and compiler

• Full ISO/ECMA support
• Unicode support improvement
• Porting to new platforms (OSX Intel, OpenBSD)

Other Stuff

• Eiffel Studio for Teaching

Unstarted project ideas

The projects in this list are mere ideas which do not yet have a project page. Feel free to start it!

• IDE improvements
• Extended static checking
• Direct code checking (red squiggly lines)
• Integrated learning support
• Editor macro recording and playback
• Inserting and navigation of editor breakpoints
• Adding trace points (output a trace statement indicating a trace point has been hit without writing code or stopping execution)
• An update notification service to let developers know there is a new version available

Completed projects

Adding your own project