# Contributing to Game of Life

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 :)