# Contribution Guide

There are many ways to be an open source contributor, and we're here to help you on your way! You may:

* Propose ideas in our 
  [discussion forums](LINK_HERE)
* Raise an issue or feature request in our [issue tracker](LINK_HERE)
* Help another contributor with one of their questions, or a code review
* Suggest improvements to our Getting Started documentation by supplying a Pull Request
* Evangelize our work together in conferences, podcasts, and social media spaces.

This guide is for you.

## Development Prerequisites

___***UPDATE TABLE OF PROJECT DEPS AND INSTALLATION NOTES***___

| Requirement | Tested Version | Installation Instructions                            |
|-------------|----------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| Go          | 1.17.6         |[go.dev](https://go.dev/doc/tutorial/compile-install) |
| Mage        | 1.12.1         |[magefile.org](https://magefile.org/)                 |
| Java        | 17.0.2         | Below, recommended via [SDKMan](https://sdkman.io)   |

### Go

This project is written in Go, a modern, open source programming language. 

You may verify your `go` installation via the terminal:

```
$> go version
go version go1.17.6 darwin/amd64
```