BLACK_

THE ULTIMATE OPEN SOURCE ACADEMIC SPACE

How to Contribute

We're thrilled you're interested in contributing to BLACK! As an open-source project, we thrive on community support. Your contributions help us build a better tool for students everywhere.

Types of Contributions

We welcome various forms of contributions, including but not limited to:

  • → Reporting bugs and suggesting features in the GitHub Issues.
  • → Writing or improving documentation.
  • → Submitting pull requests with bug fixes or new features.
  • → Helping answer questions in the community forums.

Getting Started

To get started, please visit our repository on GitHub. The main branch contains the most up-to-date code. Fork the repository and create a new branch for your changes.

Development Setup

The application is built using Flutter for the cross-platform framework and Firebase for the backend. You will need to have the Flutter SDK installed on your machine. A `firebase_options.dart` file with your own Firebase project credentials will be required to run the app locally.

Pull Request Process

  1. Ensure any installation or build dependencies are removed before the end of the layer when doing a build.
  2. Update the README.md with details of changes to the interface, this includes new environment variables, exposed ports, useful file locations and container parameters.
  3. Increase the version numbers in any examples files and the README.md to the new version that this Pull Request would represent.
  4. You may merge the Pull Request in once you have the sign-off of two other developers, or if you do not have permission to do that, you may request the second reviewer to merge it for you.