The great thing about open source software is that anyone can take it, play with it for a while, and redistribute it.

However, our objective here is far from copying the whole jQuery library, change a couple of lines, and pass it off as our own – but rather, we have the opportunity to contribute to the jQuery Mobile source and help improve the functioning of our beloved JavaScript file.

Unfortunately, we still are to mess around with the first alpha release, and bugs will be with us for a while, no matter which platform we choose. But this gives us the chance to help out and get involved in the active development of jQuery Mobile!

For example, a very simple yet helpful task is to file bugs in the jQuery Mobile Bug Tracker (https://github.com/jquery/jquery-mobile/issues). As of now, there are over 200 issues reported and looking for someone to take care of them.

In fact, if you think you are competent enough at fixing bugs, adding some extra functionalities, or even just correcting non-working code, you can provide patches in the jQuery Mobile Source Repository through GitHub (https://github.com/jquery/jquery-mobile/) or discuss the code on the jQuery Mobile Development Forum (http://forum.jquery.com/developing-jquery-mobile).

A live code test is available at http://jquerymobile.com/test/, pulling directly from the latest commit in the source repository.