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title: Developer Guide Overview
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:::caution

The developer manual section may be out of date. If you find any problems or have any questions, please [create an issue](https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/issues/new/choose) and let us know. Thank you for your contribution!

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This document describes how to develop Chaos Mesh. Before you start, it is recommended that you read the following documents first:

- [Chaos Mesh README](https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/blob/master/README.md)
- [Chaos Mesh Dashboard README](https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/blob/master/ui/README.md)

Before starting to develop Chaos Mesh, you need to prepare the development environment. Please refer to [Configure the development environment](configure-development-environment.md) for details.

Then you can start to develop Chaos Mesh. The following documents will help you:

- [Add a New Chaos Experiment Type](add-new-chaos-experiment-type.md)
- [Extend Chaos Daemon Interface](extend-chaos-daemon-interface.md)

For coding conventions, please refer to the following RFCs:

- [Error Handling](https://github.com/chaos-mesh/rfcs/blob/main/text/2021-09-27-refine-error-handling.md)
- [Logging](https://github.com/chaos-mesh/rfcs/blob/main/text/2021-12-09-logging.md)