# Background to programing &gnum;

Aims of &gnum; and why working jointly makes sense.

C, gtk+ and other fundamentals

Architectural design

Collaborative process: -start by submitting patches checkout/code/checkbuild/diff/send patch to Jody or list or bugzilla -graduate to git access !communicate!

## Collaboration with the &gnum; team

If you work with the team or separate, you'll want to interact. --coordinate --collaborate