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# XRP Giveaway for Developers

Ripple Labs has partnered with [Assembla](https://www.assembla.com/home) to send qualified developers 1,000 XRP to their Ripple Trade account. To apply for this giveaway please fill out and submit [the application form](https://www.assembla.com/ripple). If you’re interested in developing on Ripple please check out the [Primer](https://ripple.com/ripple_primer.pdf) for a high level overview. From there you can dive into different layers of the Ripple ecosystem.

## Bounties

The Ripple Labs Development Team is always looking to get the community involved. Check out the [Ripple Bountysource page](https://www.bountysource.com/teams/ripple/bounties), [contribute to the codebase](https://github.com/ripple), and make some XRP!

## Rippled

Want to have your own server on the Ripple Network? Set up a rippled Instance and know that you have a secure connection to Ripple. Check out the [installation](https://ripple.com/wiki/Rippled) guide.

### Ripple Lib API

Use the [official javascript library](https://github.com/ripple/ripple-lib) to communicate with Ripple.

### Ripple WebSocket API

Use the [Websocket Protocol](https://ripple.com/wiki/Websocket_API) to maintain persistent two-way communication with Ripple.

### JSON-RPC API

A simple request-response communication via HTTP. For more information, click [here](https://ripple.com/wiki/Sending_RPC_Commands).

## Middleware

### Ripple Rest API

Use the [official REST API](https://github.com/ripple/ripple-rest) to easily interact with Ripple. Check balances, send payments, set trustlines, and more. Additionally, check out the [community made libraries](https://github.com/ripplelabsbounties) for Ripple Rest.

### Ripple Data API

Search the vast data stored in closed ledgers through the [Data API](https://github.com/ripple/ripple-data-api).

## Applications

### Ripple Trade

Interested in building a wallet? Check the open source [Ripple Trade Client](https://www.rippletrade.com). Contribute to the [project](https://github.com/ripple/ripple-client) or fork it and make your own!

### Ripple Charts

The open source [Ripple Charts Client](https://xrpcharts.ripple.com/) contains beautiful charts and graphs to show what is happening on the Ripple network. Check out the [project on github](https://github.com/ripple/ripplecharts-frontend) where you can contribute and fork the project.

### Ripple Graph

Enter a Ripple Wallet address and see beautiful graphs of transaction and trust lines associated with that address using the [Graph Tool](https://ripple.com/graph).

## Bug Tracking

You can see the status of our development process on [our JIRA instance](https://ripplelabs.atlassian.net/secure/Dashboard.jspa). Contribute bug reports and feature requests!

## Collaborative Resources

We have a Ripple Application Development Skype chat, email <developers@ripple.com> with your Skype handle to join. Additionally, join the Forums to see what the community is up to. If you have any questions don’t hesitate to email <developers@ripple.com>.