Thank you for your interest in contributing to the `glitch-soc` project!
Here are some guidelines, and ways you can help.
> (This document is a bit of a work-in-progress, so please bear with us.
> If you don't see what you're looking for here, please don't hesitate to reach out!)
## Planning ##
Right now a lot of the planning for this project takes place in our development Discord, or through GitHub Issues and Projects.
We're working on ways to improve the planning structure and better solicit feedback, and if you feel like you can help in this respect, feel free to give us a holler.
## Documentation ##
The documentation for this repository is available at [`glitch-soc/docs`](https://github.com/glitch-soc/docs).
Right now, we've mostly focused on the features that make this fork different from upstream in some manner.
Adding screenshots, improving descriptions, and so forth are all ways to help contribute to the project even if you don't know any code.
## Frontend Development ##
Check out [the documentation here](https://glitch-soc.github.io/docs/contributing/frontend/) for more information.
## Backend Development ##
See the guidelines below.
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You should also try to follow the guidelines set out in the original `CONTRIBUTING.md` from `tootsuite/mastodon`, reproduced below.
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CONTRIBUTING
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@ -49,3 +82,5 @@ It is expected that you have a working development environment set up (see back-
* If you are introducing new strings, they must be using localization methods
If the JavaScript or CSS assets won't compile due to a syntax error, it's a good sign that the pull request isn't ready for submission yet.
So here's the deal: we all work on this code, and then it runs on dev.glitch.social and anyone who uses that does so absolutely at their own risk. can you dig it?
- You can view documentation for this project [here](https://glitch-soc.github.io/docs/).
- And contributing guidelines are available [here](CONTRIBUTING.md) and [here](https://glitch-soc.github.io/docs/contributing/).
kibigo!