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How to contribute to the QGIS Plugin project?
If you want to contribute to QGIS Project with your plugin, it’s highly recommended to read the QGIS Developers Guide at our documentation website: https://docs.qgis.org Go to the QGIS repository in GitHub at https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/
Can you use PyCharm as an IDE for QGIS?
Using an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) like PyCharm can help keep everything in one place and even integrates version control systems like Git. Unfortunately, unlike ArcPy you can’t just set the interpreter to the included Python 3.7 installation for QGIS and have PyCharm be aware of the QGIS modules.
What are the different groups of customization in QGIS?
QGIS Customization is divided into five groups. In Menus, you can hide entries in the Menu bar. In Panels, you find the panel windows. Panel windows are applications that can be started and used as a floating, top-level window or embedded to the QGIS main window as a docked widget (see also Panels and Toolbars).
QGIS is highly configurable through the Settings menu. Choose between Panels, Toolbars, Project Properties, Options and Customization. QGIS follows desktop guidelines for the location of options and project properties item.
Where can I find the source code of QGIS?
QGIS source code is available at https://github.com/qgis/QGIS. If you wish to help on bug fixing or adding new features to the application, you are most welcome and can freely contribute via pull requests. You can also get in touch with the other developers through their mailing list at https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer.
What kind of language is the QGIS toolkit?
QGIS is an Open Source Geographic Information System that currently runs on most Unix platforms (macOS/OS X included) and Windows. Developed using the Qt toolkit (https://www.qt.io), it’s mainly written in C++ and Python languages. This means that QGIS feels snappy to use and has a pleasing, easy to use graphical user interface.