Merge pull request #62 from dcoull/master

Contribution documentation

CONTRIBUTING.md

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+# Contributing
+Take a look at the [issues](https://github.com/rhayes2/CryptBoard/issues) tab to see if there's anything you'd like to work on.
+If your idea isn't already on there, feel free to open a new issue!
+
+- Fork CryptBoard into your own repository
+- Lick an issue to claim it as your own (or just asked to be assigned it/self assign)
+- Clone CryptBoard onto your local machine from the forked repository
+- Make incremental commits, it makes it easier to track down bugs if something breaks
+- Submit a pull request, referencing the issue number in the commit message
+
+## Coding
+- When dealing with UI values (colours, strings etc.) please reference the values stored within the appropriate /res/values/*.xml file as opposed to hard coding. Feel free to fix any hard coded values that were done in a hurry
+- Please handle exceptions
+- Comment your code so other contributors know what's going on
+- Be proud and take credit for your work (also so you can be contacted if there's questions about it down the line)
+- Clear up your imports (and feel free to clear up unused imports, cause we're super guilty of not doing that)
+
+
+## Tutorials
+- Write a block comment, or better yet a tutorial in the wiki page for users

README.md

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 ## Contributing
-Thanks for your interest in contributing! We welcome many ways to get started; start with our Contributing Guide and then check for open issues for specific tasks.
+Thanks for your interest in contributing! We welcome many ways to get started; start with our [Contributing Guide](https://github.com/rhayes/CryptBoard/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) and then check for open [issues](https://github.com/rhayes2/CryptBoard/issues) for specific tasks.
 
 For contributors looking to suggest improvements, feel free to open an issue to start the discussion.