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   <p>Home Assistant is built from the ground up to be easily extensible using components. Home Assistant uses <a href="https://www.python.org/">Python 3</a> for the backend and <a href="https://www.polymer-project.org/">Polymer (Web components)</a> for the frontend.</p>
 
-<p>Home Assistant is open-source and MIT-licensed. Here are links to the source::</p>
+<p>Home Assistant is open-source and MIT-licensed. Here are links to the source:</p>
 
 <ul>
   <li><a href="https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant">home-assistant</a>: Python server backend.</li>
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   <li><a href="https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant-polymer">home-assistant-polymer</a>: Polymer UI.</li>
 </ul>
 
+<p>For those new to contributing to open source software, make sure you are familiar with all of the tools and concepts used in Home Assistant before you start.</p>
+
+<p>When contributing Home Assistant code:</p>
+<ul>
+  <li><a href="https://guides.github.com/activities/hello-world/">Github</a></li>
+  <li><a href="https://www.dabapps.com/blog/introduction-to-pip-and-virtualenv-python/">Pip and Virtual Environments</a></li>
+  <li><a href="https://www.python.org/">Python 3</a></li>
+  <li><a href="https://www.pylint.org">Pylint</a></li>
+  <li><a href="http://flake8.pycqa.org/en/latest/">Flake8</a></li>
+  <li><a href="http://tox.readthedocs.org/en/latest/">Tox</a></li>
+  <li><a href="https://travis-ci.org/">TravisCl</a></li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>When contributing 3rd Party code to be used by Home Assistant:</p>
+<ul>
+  <li><a href="https://jeffknupp.com/blog/2013/08/16/open-sourcing-a-python-project-the-right-way/">Publishing your own PiPl package</a></li>
+</ul>
 
 
 </article>