CONTRIBUTING.md
# Contributing to Kinvey JavaScript SDK
Welcome, and thank you for your interest in contributing to the Kinvey JavaScript SDK!
There are many ways in which you can contribute, beyond writing code. The goal of this document is to provide a high-level overview of how you can get involved.
## Asking Questions
Have a question? Rather than opening an issue, please ask away on [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/kinvey) using the tag `kinvey`.
The active community will be eager to assist you. Your well-worded question will serve as a resource to others searching for help.
## Reporting Issues
Have you identified a reproducible problem in the Kinvey JavaScript SDK? Have a feature request? We want to hear about it! Here's how you can make reporting your issue as effective as possible.
### Look For an Existing Issue
Before you create a new issue, please do a search in [open issues](https://github.com/Kinvey/js-sdk/issues) to see if the issue or feature request has already been filed.
Be sure to scan through the [most popular](https://github.com/Kinvey/js-sdk/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Afeature-request+sort%3Areactions-%2B1-desc) feature requests.
If you find your issue already exists, make relevant comments and add your [reaction](https://github.com/blog/2119-add-reactions-to-pull-requests-issues-and-comments). Use a reaction in place of a "+1" comment:
- 👍 - upvote
- 👎 - downvote
If you cannot find an existing issue that describes your bug or feature, create a new issue using the guidelines below.
### Writing Good Bug Reports and Feature Requests
File a single issue per problem and feature request. Do not enumerate multiple bugs or feature requests in the same issue.
Do not add your issue as a comment to an existing issue unless it's for the identical input. Many issues look similar, but have different causes.
The more information you can provide, the more likely someone will be successful at reproducing the issue and finding a fix.
Please include the following with each issue:
- Version of JavaScript SDK
- JavaScript platform and version you are using to develop your application. An example would be Angular 8.0.0.
- Reproducible steps (1... 2... 3...) that cause the issue
- What you expected to see, versus what you actually saw
- Images, animations, or a link to a video showing the issue occurring
- A code snippet that demonstrates the issue or a link to a code repository the developers can easily pull down to recreate the issue locally
- **Note:** Because the developers need to copy and paste the code snippet, including a code snippet as a media file (i.e. .gif) is not sufficient.
### Final Checklist
Please remember to do the following:
- [ ] Search the issues to ensure your report is a new issue
- [ ] Simplify your code around the issue to better isolate the problem
Don't feel bad if the developers can't reproduce the issue right away. They will simply ask for more information!
## Contributing Fixes
If you are interested in writing code to fix issues, please see [How to Contribute](https://github.com/Kinvey/js-sdk/wiki/How-to-Contribute) in the wiki