add contribution guidelines

tuvtran · tuvtran · commit db08438b0674 · 2017-04-28T01:32:31.000-04:00
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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+# Contribution guidelines
+
+Before making a pull request, please make sure of the following:
+* The tutorial(s) you want to add do not already exist
+* Your tutorial is correctly placed under the appropriate language/technology
+* Improvements of the same tutorial are encouraged!
+* The pull request needs to have a descriptive title
+* If the language/technology of your tutorial does not exist, feel free to create a new entry in table of contents
+* Make a separate pull request for each of the tutorial
+* Use the following format `[Title](!link_to_tutorial)`
+* If your tutorial is a multi-part series, use the following format:
+    * ```
+        * Title
+            * [Part 1](!link_to_part_1)
+            * [Part 2](!link_to_part_2)
+    ```
+* Check the spelling and grammar
+* Remove any trailing whitespaces
+* Links must be pointing straight to the tutorials, no URL shorteners. However, if the URL is too long (more than 80 characters), Google URL Shortener is allowed
+
+Thank you for your suggestions! If you think there is anything to improve with the guidelines, please contact me at <tuvtran97@gmail.com>
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 A list of programming tutorials in which learners build an application from scratch. These tutorials are divided into different primary programming languages. Some have intermix technologies and languages.
 
-To get started, simply fork this repo. Please refer to [CONTRIBUTION.md](CONTRIBUTION.md) for contribution guidelines.
+To get started, simply fork this repo. Please refer to [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for contribution guidelines.
 
 ## Table of Contents:
 * [C/C++](#cc)
