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+# Contributing to Game of Life
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+Contribution to this project is welcome 
+
+## General Guidelines
+
+Please read the [Code of Conduct](./CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)<br/>
+Please read these blog posts (which frame the philosophies that we are trying to follow, to keep things simple/clean and maintainable)
+
+- [Write code that is easy to delete, not easy to extend](https://programmingisterrible.com/post/139222674273/write-code-that-is-easy-to-delete-not-easy-to)
+- [Write code that is easy to delete, and easy to debug too](https://programmingisterrible.com/post/173883533613/code-to-debug)
+- [Repeat yourself, do more than one thing, and rewrite everything](https://programmingisterrible.com/post/176657481103/repeat-yourself-do-more-than-one-thing-and)
+
+## Contribute to the code base 
+
+1. Fork this repository to your own account and then clone it to your local device.
+2. Create a new branch `git checkout -b MY_BRANCH_NAME`
+3. Install the dependencies based on which language you are modifying (or adding support to).
+4. Do your changes.
+5. Run the tests bundled with the language.
+6. Commit your changes and push them.
+7. Create a pull/merge request.
+8. Thanks in advance for your contribution :)