Developer Guide

Getting Audacity building on Linux is usually trouble-free because the right tools are there in the environment, or can be found and installed easily. The same isn't really true for Windows and the win/compile.txt file provided with the Audacity source code assumes you know quite a lot about how stuff works under the bonnet, and about Visual Studio.

Platform Specific Guides

• Developing On Windows
• Developing On Linux
• Developing On Mac

Linux/Mac Set Up

See:

• Compiling Audacity and
• Compiling Audacity Step by Step Guide

Tips for New Developers

• Ask lots of questions and don't be afraid to look a divvy! It's a learning process and like I tell my students, 'if you don't understand (after a reasonable amount of effort), ask somebody who can help!'.
• Use the same tools other people are using.
• Post error messages when asking for help, but try and select relevant bits.

More about Audacity

See:

• ArchitecturalDesign
• AudacityLibraries
• HowAudacityWorks
• Creating your own Plug-in

More about Digital Sound

There are articles on the web ranging from beginners guides on how sound is represented in a computer to research papers on DSP algorithms.