expanded CONTRIBUTING instructions

CONTRIBUTING.md

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 Submitting Issues
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+Submitting Issues
 
 Please open an issue here if you encounter a specific bug with this API client library or if something is documented here https://shopify.dev/docs/apps but is missing from this package.
 
 General questions about the Shopify API and usage of this package (not necessarily a bug) should be posted on the [Shopify forums](https://community.shopify.com/c/partners-and-developers/ct-p/appdev).
 
 When in doubt, post on the forum first. You'll likely have your questions answered more quickly if you post there; more people monitor the forum than Github.
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+In order for us to best triage the issue, please include steps to reproduce the issue as well as the impacted feature.
+
+## Roadmap
+
+The focus of development efforts by maintainers of this project a roadmap will be proposed via PR and accessible at any point in the ROADMAP.md file.
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+Working with a pull request modify the ROADMAP.md allows us to invite community feedback on the direction while not adding another communication avenue. While there are certainly better tools for the job than a markdown file for this, we are aiming to keep a minimal toolset to help us better manage the communication channels that we have open.
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+If there are concerns with the direction and priorities of the maintainers, this roadmap PR is the appropriate place to share your concerns.
+
+## Submitting Pull Requests
+
+We welcome pull requests and help from the community! PRs fixing bugs will take priority to triaging proposed net new functionality. If you do want to add a feature, we recommend opening an issue first exploring the appetite of the community / maintainers to ensure there is alignment on direction before you spend time on the PR.
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+## Gem Architecture
+Understanding how all the components of the Shopify App development stack work together will help best understand what level of abstraction a feature is meant to be applied. Please consider this architecture before introducing new functionally to ensure it is in the right place:
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+| Gem Name | Job |
+|---|---|
+| Shopify API (this gem) | Obtain a session, clients for APIs (REST, GraphQL), error handling, webhook management |
+| REST Resources | Interfaces to the APIs. Response casting into defined objects with attributes/methods |
+| Shopify App | Build Shopify app using Rails conventions. Oauth, webhook processing, persistence, etc |
+| App Template | Template demonstrating how to use all these components in one starting boilerplate application |