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+# Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct
+
+## Our Pledge
+
+We as members, contributors, and leaders pledge to make participation in our
+community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body
+size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender
+identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status,
+nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity
+and orientation.
+
+We pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an open, welcoming,
+diverse, inclusive, and healthy community.
+
+## Our Standards
+
+Examples of behavior that contributes to a positive environment for our
+community include:
+
+* Demonstrating empathy and kindness toward other people
+* Being respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences
+* Giving and gracefully accepting constructive feedback
+* Accepting responsibility and apologizing to those affected by our mistakes,
+  and learning from the experience
+* Focusing on what is best not just for us as individuals, but for the
+  overall community
+
+Examples of unacceptable behavior include:
+
+* The use of sexualized language or imagery, and sexual attention or
+  advances of any kind
+* Trolling, insulting or derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
+* Public or private harassment
+* Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or email
+  address, without their explicit permission
+* Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a
+  professional setting
+
+## Enforcement Responsibilities
+
+Community leaders are responsible for clarifying and enforcing our standards of
+acceptable behavior and will take appropriate and fair corrective action in
+response to any behavior that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive,
+or harmful.
+
+Community leaders have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject
+comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions that are
+not aligned to this Code of Conduct, and will communicate reasons for moderation
+decisions when appropriate.
+
+## Scope
+
+This Code of Conduct applies within all community spaces, and also applies when
+an individual is officially representing the community in public spaces.
+Examples of representing our community include using an official e-mail address,
+posting via an official social media account, or acting as an appointed
+representative at an online or offline event.
+
+## Enforcement
+
+Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be
+reported to the community leaders responsible for enforcement by contacting
+this repo owner,J onathan Zollinger.
+All complaints will be reviewed and investigated promptly and fairly.
+
+All community leaders are obligated to respect the privacy and security of the
+reporter of any incident.
+
+## Enforcement Guidelines
+
+Community leaders will follow these Community Impact Guidelines in determining
+the consequences for any action they deem in violation of this Code of Conduct:
+
+### 1. Correction
+
+**Community Impact**: Use of inappropriate language or other behavior deemed
+unprofessional or unwelcome in the community.
+
+**Consequence**: A private, written warning from community leaders, providing
+clarity around the nature of the violation and an explanation of why the
+behavior was inappropriate. A public apology may be requested.
+
+### 2. Warning
+
+**Community Impact**: A violation through a single incident or series
+of actions.
+
+**Consequence**: A warning with consequences for continued behavior. No
+interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction with
+those enforcing the Code of Conduct, for a specified period of time. This
+includes avoiding interactions in community spaces as well as external channels
+like social media. Violating these terms may lead to a temporary or
+permanent ban.
+
+### 3. Temporary Ban
+
+**Community Impact**: A serious violation of community standards, including
+sustained inappropriate behavior.
+
+**Consequence**: A temporary ban from any sort of interaction or public
+communication with the community for a specified period of time. No public or
+private interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction
+with those enforcing the Code of Conduct, is allowed during this period.
+Violating these terms may lead to a permanent ban.
+
+### 4. Permanent Ban
+
+**Community Impact**: Demonstrating a pattern of violation of community
+standards, including sustained inappropriate behavior,  harassment of an
+individual, or aggression toward or disparagement of classes of individuals.
+
+**Consequence**: A permanent ban from any sort of public interaction within
+the community.
+
+## Attribution
+
+This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant][homepage],
+version 2.0, available at
+https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/0/code_of_conduct.html.
+
+Community Impact Guidelines were inspired by [Mozilla's code of conduct
+enforcement ladder](https://github.com/mozilla/diversity).
+
+[homepage]: https://www.contributor-covenant.org
+
+For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see the FAQ at
+https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq. Translations are available at
+https://www.contributor-covenant.org/translations.
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+# Contributing
+
+By participating in this project, you agree to abide our
+[code of conduct].
+
+## Set up your machine
+
+This project is written in [java] and [micronaut] using
+Oracle's [GraalVM] and uses [gradle] to
+handle dependencies.
+
+Prerequisites:
+
+- [Java 21 in graal's flavor Graal (community edition)]
+
+clone the codebase, then cd into the repo and install the dependencies with gradle
+
+```sh
+git clone git@github.com:JustServe-Resources/cli.git
+
+./gradlew assemble
+```
+
+## Branch off of main
+
+It's a good practice not to put your changes in the main branch. Branch naming conventions aren't enforced, naming my branches with a `tag`/`task` convention are suggested, similar to [Conventional Commits] naming strategy.
+
+See our [style guide](https://github.com/Graqr#general-styling-guide) for supported coding practices. This project enforces [Conventional Commits], which is checked with each commit. 
+## Test your change
+
+Adequate acceptance testing is to be included with pull requests for new code. See our [style guide] for our testing standards. A portion of the codebase is generated during the build process. Using gradle's `build` task will both assemble and run tests. 
+
+```sh
+./gradlew build
+```
+
+## Validate this builds properly
+This project compiles to a native executable specific to your OS. This is different from a normal java build process. Compiling this repo into an executable is not a short process. See [graal's docs] for options like quick build mode
+```sh
+./gradlew nativeCompile
+```
+> [!NOTE]
+> This build may pass on your OS but may fail on the other OS for which this cli compiles. These will be built and tested during PR checks 
+
+
+## Submit a pull request
+
+Push your branch to your `cli` fork and open a pull request against the original `cli` main branch. Contributions must pass all tests and CI before merging. Clearly showcase all changes and update [tests] accordingly. 
+
+Please only mark the pull request as "Ready for Review" when CI tests are passing and the PR is in fact complete and ready for review.
+
+[code of conduct]:CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
+[Conventional Commits]:https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/#summary
+[GraalVM]:https://www.graalvm.org/
+[graal's docs]:https://www.graalvm.org/latest/reference-manual/native-image/optimizations-and-performance/
+[gradle]:https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/building_java_projects.html
+[Java 21 in graal's flavor Graal (community edition)]:https://github.com/graalvm/graalvm-ce-builds/releases/
+[micronaut]:https://micronaut.io/
+[native executable]:https://www.graalvm.org/latest/reference-manual/native-image/guides/build-java-modules-into-native-executable/
+[style guide]:STYLE_GUIDE.md#testing
+[tests]:STYLE_GUIDE.md
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+## General Styling Guide
+
+The name of the game is readability and [testability]. The following styling specifics reference Java, but are applicable to kotlin and groovy. 
+- Packages should be all lowercase ASCII letters.
+- Classes and Interfaces should follow a mixed case (aka "camel case"), with each subsequent word's first letter capitalized
+    - e.g. `class TestClass`
+- Follow [google's styleguide] for documentation. 
+- Methods should be verb-based names, and should follow a mixed case (aka "camel case") pattern, with the first letter of the first word in lower case.
+    - e.g. `void testMethod()`
+    - Braces follow the Kernighan and Ritchie style ("Egyptian brackets") for nonempty blocks and block-like constructs:
+    - Don't wrap a line just for the sake of not going past the 100 character marker. focus on readability.
+    - Variables should have meaningful names, even in lambdas. There's no shortage of space, so write readable code whose names are indicative of their use.
+      - Single character variable names or similar are not permitted. 
+    - Example:
+    ```java
+    public String getReturnedResponse(Request request) {
+        OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder().build();
+        String returnedResponse;
+        try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
+            if (response.body() != null) {
+                returnedResponse = response.body().string();
+            } else {
+                throw new RuntimeException("Body of returned response is null.");
+            }
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+        return returnedResponse;
+    }
+    ``` 
+    - Variables are similar to methods, in that they should follow a mixed case (aka "camel case") patter, with a
+      lowercase first letter.
+
+### Testing
+
+- Methods and Features are to have [adequate] unit and integration tests written before any pull request can be accepted. 
+- Because we use lombok, we don't need to test setters and getters. Using getters and setters is the preferred way to access class fields. 
+- Unit test count is to scale appropriately according to the complexity of the method.
+- Features are to have [adequate] integration and end-to-end tests.
+- Fixes are to have [adequate] unit, integration and end-to-end tests included with the fix for the sake of [regression testing].
+- Tests should only test one thing
+    - e.g. `Set store location with zip code.`
+    - e.g. `Fail to set store location using invalid zip code`
+    - e.g. `Set store location by city name`
+
+#### Adequate Testing Coverage
+Adequate testing is determined by the method's documentation (this is why all methods require docs). Testing is surgical and specific; test exactly what is documented, no more and no less. If it's in the docs, then [test it]! The only exception to this is that [branches of code] should be covered in testing, which may not be documented.
+
+[adequate]:#Adequate-Testing-Coverage
+[branches of code]:https://medium.com/@zubairkhansh/branch-testing-and-branch-coverage-3fb4bbd9f949
+[google's styleguide]:https://google.github.io/styleguide/javaguide.html#s7-javadoc
+[regression testing]:https://www.browserstack.com/guide/regression-testing
+[test it]:https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/software-engineering/difference-between-positive-testing-and-negative-testing/
+[testability]:#Adequate-Testing-Coverage
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