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We provide this code for reference and for experienced people who wish
We provide this code for reference and for experienced people who wish
to operate their own App Inventor instance and/or contribute to the project.
to operate their own App Inventor instance and/or contribute to the project.
This code is tested and known to work with Java 7.
This code is tested and known to work with Java 8.
## Contributors
## Contributors
The best way to go about integrating changes in App Inventor is to start a conversation in the [Open Source forum](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/app-inventor-open-source-dev) about whatever you intend to change or add.
The best way to go about integrating changes in App Inventor is to start a conversation in the [Open Source forum](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/app-inventor-open-source-dev) about whatever you intend to change or add.
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This is a quick guide to get started with the sources. More detailed instructions can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1Xc9yt02x3BRoq5m1PJHBr81OOv69rEBy8LVG_84j9jc), a slide show can be seen [here](http://josmas.github.io/contributingToAppInventor2/#/), and all the [documentation](http://appinventor.mit.edu/appinventor-sources/#documentation) for the project is available in our [site](http://appinventor.mit.edu/appinventor-sources/).
This is a quick guide to get started with the sources. More detailed instructions can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1Xc9yt02x3BRoq5m1PJHBr81OOv69rEBy8LVG_84j9jc), a slide show can be seen [here](http://josmas.github.io/contributingToAppInventor2/#/), and all the [documentation](http://appinventor.mit.edu/appinventor-sources/#documentation) for the project is available in our [site](http://appinventor.mit.edu/appinventor-sources/).
### Dependencies
### Dependencies
You will need a full Java JDK (version 7, preferably from Oracle; JRE is not enough) and Python to compile and run the servers.
You will need a full Java JDK (version 8, OpenJDK preferred; JRE is not enough) and Python to compile and run the servers.
You will also need a copy of the [App Engine SDK](https://developers.google.com/appengine/downloads) for Java and [ant](http://ant.apache.org/).
You will also need a copy of the [App Engine SDK](https://developers.google.com/appengine/downloads) for Java and [ant](http://ant.apache.org/).