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Welcome to Free Code Camp's open source codebase and curriculum!
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Free Code Camp is an open-source community where you learn to code and help nonprofits.

You start by working through our self-paced, browser-based full stack JavaScript curriculum.

After you complete the first 400 hours worth of challenges (which involves building 10 single-page apps), you'll earn your Front End Development Certification.

After you complete the second 400 hours worth of challenges (which involves building and deploying 5 full stack apps), you'll earn your Full Stack Development Certification.

Then we'll pair you with another camper, an agile project manager, and a stakeholder from a nonprofit organization. Together, you'll plan and build an app that helps that nonprofit carry out its mission more effectively.

**We help our campers build job-worthy portfolios of real apps used by real people, while helping nonprofits.**

This code is running live at [FreeCodeCamp.com](http://www.FreeCodeCamp.com). We also have [Gitter](https://gitter.im/FreeCodeCamp/FreeCodeCamp), a [Medium publication](http://medium.freecodecamp.com), and even a [Twitch.tv channel](http://twitch.tv/freecodecamp).

[Join our community here](http://www.freecodecamp.com/signin).

Wiki
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We would love your help expanding our [wiki](https://github.com/freecodecamp/freecodecamp/wiki). Our goal is to become a great resource for people learning to code, building local coding communities, and applying for coding jobs.

Found a bug?
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Do not file an issue until you have followed these steps:

1. Read [Help I've Found a Bug](https://github.com/FreeCodeCamp/FreeCodeCamp/wiki/Help-I've-Found-a-Bug) wiki page and follow the instructions there.
2. Asked for confirmation in the appropriate [Help Room](https://github.com/FreeCodeCamp/FreeCodeCamp/wiki/Help-Rooms)
3. Please *do not* open an issue without a 3rd party confirmation of your problem.

Contributing
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We welcome pull requests from Free Code Camp campers (our students) and seasoned JavaScript developers alike! Please, follow [these steps](CONTRIBUTING.md) to contribute.

License
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The BSD-3-Clause

Copyright (c) 2016, Free Code Camp
All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

3. Neither the name of Free Code Camp nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY FREE CODE CAMP AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
