So you’ve decided to contribute to Drupal core! Fabulous! Welcome to the club! As with anything Drupal, there’s a slight learning curve, but nothing as daunting as learning Drupal in the first place. As always with almost anything Drupal, there’s a wealth of information and documentation available on Drupal.org.

First things first, you need a dev environment. In this tutorial we’ll be talking about using the Acquia Dev Desktop Beta 2. Just install and launch and you’re ready to start. Take note of the base folder, as you’ll be...