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Development resources
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:doc:`Writing new states </doc/states/new_states>`
    Detailed HowTo on new states

:doc:`Best practices </doc/states/best_practices>`
    Concise reference on how to write good states

:doc:`Testing </doc/states/testing>`
    How to test the States on all supported platforms


Easy Hacks
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To get started with hacking on salt-states-base have a look at our `Hacking on salt-states-base Screencast <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ryz5WMkjTAM>`_

A list of easy hacks with salt is available in our `Redmine <https://redmine.documentfoundation.org/projects/infrastructure/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&set_filter=1&f%5B%5D=status_id&op%5Bstatus_id%5D=o&f%5B%5D=cf_1&op%5Bcf_1%5D=%3D&v%5Bcf_1%5D%5B%5D=Salt&v%5Bcf_1%5D%5B%5D=EasyHack&f%5B%5D=&available_columns%5B%5D=cf_1&c%5B%5D=tracker&c%5B%5D=status&c%5B%5D=priority&c%5B%5D=subject&c%5B%5D=assigned_to&c%5B%5D=updated_on&c%5B%5D=due_date&group_by=>`_