# Contributing to Appsmith

Thank you for your interest in Appsmith and taking the time to contribute on this project. 🙌 
Appsmith is a project by developers for developers and there are a lot of ways you can contribute. 
Feel free to propose changes to this document in a pull request.

## Code of conduct

Read our [Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) before contributing

## How can I contribute?

There are many ways in which we/one can to contribute to Appsmith. All contributions are highly appreciated.

#### 🐛 Report a bug
Report all issues through GitHub Issues using the [Report a Bug](https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith/issues/new?assignees=Nikhil-Nandagopal&labels=Bug%2C+High&template=---bug-report.md&title=%5BBug%5D) template.
To help resolve your issue as quickly as possible, read the template and provide all the requested information.

#### 🛠 File a feature request
We welcome all feature requests, whether it's to add new functionality to an existing extension or to offer an idea for a brand new extension.
File your feature request through GitHub Issues using the [Feature Request](https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith/issues/new?assignees=Nikhil-Nandagopal&labels=&template=----feature-request.md&title=%5BFeature%5D) template.

#### 📝 Improve the documentation
In the process of shipping features quickly, we often forget to keep our [Documentation](https://docs.appsmith.com) up to date. You can help by suggesting improvements to our documentation. Read our [Documentation Contribution Guide]()

#### 💥 Fix a bug
We welcome contributions that help make appsmith bug free. Check our [good first issues](https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22Good+First+Issue%22+label%3A%22Bug%22) & [begin contributing](#code-contribution)

#### ⚙️ Build a feature
Being a horizontal platform, we have a never ending list of [feature requests](https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3AEnhancement) that you can contribute to. Get started with our [contribution section](#code-contribution)

## Code Contribution
All Code contributions are welcome and highly encouraged. Before opening a PR, create an issue and talk to a maintainer about a possible solution.
This ensures that your PR has the highest chance of getting merged quickly and avoids 2 contributors from working on the same issue.

### Contributing to the Frontend (React / HTML / CSS / JS)
- Go through our list of frontend [good first issues](https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22Good+First+Issue%22+label%3A%22Frontend%22)
- Pick the ones you like most and drop us a comment!
- [Run the codebase](contributions/ClientSetup.md) on your local machine
- Follow our [Code Contribution Guide](contributions/CodeContributionsGuidelines.md) and raise your first PR!

### Contributing to the Backend (Java / Mongo / Springboot)
- Go through our list of backend [good first issues](https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22Good+First+Issue%22+label%3A%22Backend%22+)
- Pick the ones you like most and drop us a comment!
- [Run the codebase](contributions/ServerSetup.md) on your local machine
- Follow our [Code Contribution Guide](contributions/CodeContributionsGuidelines.md) and raise your first PR!