A new core developer should do the following things to get set-up:

 * Read through the [[Cytostaff_Development]] pages
 * Get an account on the Subversion server (ssh access) - contact the Ideker Lab
 * Ask someone to sign you up for the core mailing list. See: [[How_to_update_the_mailing_list]]
 * Sign up to all Cytoscape Google groups, currently cytoscape-discuss and cytoscape-announce.  All Cytoscape core developers are expected to answer questions posted to Cytoscape discuss to share the workload.
 * Familiarize yourself with how this wiki works, as we are trying to use it to communicate better during the development process.
 * Get added to the wiki AdminGroup so you can help manage the wiki and access private pages
 * Create a new account on the [[http://cbio.mskcc.org/cytoscape/bugs/main_page.php|bug tracker]] for yourself and communicate this to the list so that a bug tracker administrator (currently Ethan or Gary) can assign you to a 'developer' role so that you can edit and assign yourself bugs.
 * Find out the weekly conference call information from one of the other cytostaff and plan to attend these calls regularly.
 * Optional: create a homepage on the wiki. This helps wiki readers know a little bit more about who is developing Cytoscape. If you used the recommended wiki naming scheme for your user name, it will be linked from the AdminGroup page. Click on the link to create the page.