Merge pull request #183 from shreyaspadhye3011/contributing

Added Contribution Guide

Author: asklar

CONTRIBUTING.md

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+# Contributing
+When contributing to this repository, please first discuss the change you wish to make via issue, email, or any other method with the owners of this repository before making a change.
+
+This project has adopted the [Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/). For more information see the [Code of Conduct FAQ](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/faq/) or contact [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) with any additional questions or comments.
+
+## Pull Request Process
+1. Fork repository and create your feature branch out of main.
+2. Open [Codegen project](./package/Codegen/Codegen.csproj) in Visual Studio.
+3. Build project (this will restore NuGet packages). Once completed, you are ready to run the project, see output, and make your desired changes.
+4. If you make changes in a .tt file, all you need to do is save the file and that will generate corresponding files that reflect your change.
+5. For all other changes: run `yarn build` in src folder so that related files are generated
+6. Run from Visual Studio to see output.
+7. Once changes are ready, run `yarn change` at the root of the repository to create a patch (it will ask for a description of the change). The version scheme we use is [SemVer](https://semver.org/)
+8. Open a pull request and address review feedback.
+
+## Technical details:
+You can find more details to setting up in the [Technical Guide](TechnicalGuide.md).

README.md

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 react-native-xaml works by leveraging metadata for XAML properties, types and events. This metadata is automatically generated ([code-gen](https://github.com/asklar/react-native-xaml/tree/main/package/Codegen)) from the Windows SDK.
 This means we can have a full projection of all of XAML – or any WinRT components written by app devs, that export a [UserControl](https://docs.microsoft.com/uwp/api/Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.UserControl) – without manual intervention.
 
-## Technical details:
+## Technical details
 See [Technical Guide](TechnicalGuide.md).
 
+## Contributing
+Pull Requests are welcome. See [Contribution Guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.
+
 ## Demo
 
 ![react-native-xaml demo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/asklar/react-native-xaml/main/example/rnx.gif)