Chapter 12. Introduction

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Purpose of this text
A guide to PEAR written for developers by developers.

Purpose of this text

The intention of this guide is to provide people, who want to contribute to PEAR, with all necessary information to start working effectively.

The first part of this guide will cover the advantages a developer will have when using PEAR code in his every-day work. After that we will show you how to contribute your own code to PEAR. Finally the guide will point out, in which ways a developer can support the PEAR project.