Simple Cart is growing and provides many opportunities for involvement. The following list includes some of the ways in which you can get involved. Keep in mind that this list is not ordered and so you may choose to help in one area and not another.
Download and use Simple Cart
Report Bugs and request Features and Enhancements
Subscribe to the forum and participate in the discussions there. Here you can ask questions and keep up to date with Simple Cart developments.
Get familiar with the source code. This will require understanding in Java and familiarity with Hibernate and Struts. If you have questions along the way you can find answers in the forums. A good place to start might be to fix issues and persuade a developer to commit them. With each useful patch the developer community will come to know you better, which is preparatory to becoming a developer.
Apply for a developer role in the project. This will enable you to commit your changes directly into the repository. The Lead Developer will be the one to decide who is granted a developer role.
Choose a particular area and make it shine. We recognize that each developer will have strengths. When you focus your strengths on one area and make that area perfect, the overall stability of the entire project improves.