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# Contributing to Bitburner
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## In General
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The game is made better because the community as a whole speaks up about
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ways to improve the game. Here's some of the ways you can make your voice
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heard:
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- [Discord](https://discordapp.com)
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There is a dedicated Discord instance set up for more free-form chats
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between all members of the community. Regular players, heavy scripters,
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Bitburner contributors, and everyone in between can be found on the
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server.
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- [Github Issues](https://github.com/danielyxie/bitburner/issues)
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Although the term "issues" can have a negative connotation, they are a
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means of communicating with the community. A new Issue can be a
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interesting new feature that you feel would improve the game. It could be
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an unexpected behavior within the game. Or because the game is about
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scripting perhaps there is something that is conflicting with the
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browser's Javascript interaction. So please do not be afraid to open a
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[new issue](https://github.com/danielyxie/bitburner/issues/new).
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## Reporting Bugs
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The recommended method for reporting a bug is by opening a
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[Github Issue](https://github.com/danielyxie/bitburner/issues).
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Before submitting a bug report, please check to make sure the bug has not
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already been reported as an [Issue](https://github.com/danielyxie/bitburner/issues).
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#### How to Submit a Good Bug Report
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* **Use a clear and descriptive title** for the issue
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* **State your browser, your browser's version, and your computer's OS**
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* **Provide instructions on how to reproduce the bug** in as much detail
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as possible. If you cannot reliably reproduce the bug, then just try
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your best to explain what was happening when the bug occurred
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* **Provide any scripts** that triggered the bug if the issue is Netscript-related
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* **Open your browser's Dev Console and report any error-related output**
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that may be printed there. The Dev Console can be opened on most modern
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browsers by pressing F12
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## As a Developer
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Anyone is welcome to contribute to Bitburner code. However, please read
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the [license](https://github.com/danielyxie/bitburner/blob/dev/license.txt)
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and the [readme](https://github.com/danielyxie/bitburner/blob/dev/README.md)
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before doing so.
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To contribute to Bitburner code, you will need to have
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[NodeJS](https://nodejs.org) installed. When installing NodeJS, a utility
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called `npm` is installed as well.
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#### What are you Allowed to Contribute?
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Not all code contributions will be accepted. The safest way to ensure
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that you don't waste time working on something that gets rejected is to
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run your idea(s)/plan(s) past [danielyxie](https://github.com/danielyxie) first.
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You can contact him through:
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* Github
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* Discord
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* [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/user/chapt3r/)
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Otherwise, here are some general guidelines for determining what types of changes
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are okay to contribute:
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##### Contributions that Will Most Likely Be Accepted
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* Bug Fixes
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* Quality-of-Life Changes
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* Adding a new, commonly-requested Netscript function
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* Fixing or improving UI elements
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* Adding game settings/options
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* Adding a new Terminal command
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* Code Refactors that conform to good/standard practices
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##### Contributions that will not be Accepted without prior approval
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* Changes that directly affect the game's balance
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* New gameplay mechanics
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#### Submitting a Pull Request
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When submitting a pull request with your code contributions, please abide by
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the following rules:
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- Work in a branch forked from `dev` to isolate the new code
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- Ensure you have latest from the [game's main
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repository](danielyxie/bitburner@dev)
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- Rebase your branch if necessary
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- Run the game locally to test out your changes
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- When submitting the pull request, make sure that the base fork is
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_danielyxie/bitburner_ and the base is _dev_.
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- If your changes affect the game's UI, attach some screenshots or GIFs showing
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the changes to the UI
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- If your changes affect Netscript, provide some
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scripts that can be used to test the Netscript changes.
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- Do not check in the bundled engine (dist\engine.bundle.js)
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## As a Documentor
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To contribute to BitBurner documentation, you will need to have Python
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installed, along with [Sphinx](http://www.sphinx-doc.org).
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Before submitting your code for a pull request, please try to follow these
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rules:
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- Work in a branch forked from `dev` to isolate the new code
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- Ensure you have latest from the [game's main
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repository](danielyxie/bitburner@dev)
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- Rebase your branch if necessary
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- When submitting the pull request, make sure that the base fork is
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_danielyxie/bitburner_ and the base is _dev_.
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