From f72a56f88a17ffa077884ccd116760f3180c3035 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bakerboy448 <55419169+bakerboy448@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2020 19:36:07 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] use lidarr's contributing as a new template for radarr [skip
 ci]

-needs review
---
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 22 +++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index b0001a48c..57c5c46f2 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -3,11 +3,27 @@
 We're always looking for people to help make Radarr even better, there are a number of ways to contribute.
 
 ## Documentation ##
-Setup guides, FAQ, the more information we have on the wiki the better.
+Setup guides, FAQ, the more information we have on the [wiki](https://wiki.servarr.com/Radarr) the better.
 
 ## Development ##
 
-See the readme for information on setting up your development environment.
+### Tools required ###
+- Visual Studio 2019 or higher (https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/).  The community version is free and works (https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/).
+- HTML/Javascript editor of choice (VS Code/Sublime Text/Webstorm/Atom/etc)
+- [Git](https://git-scm.com/downloads)
+- [NodeJS](https://nodejs.org/en/download/) (Node 10.X.X or higher)
+- [Yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/)
+- .NET Core 3.1. 
+
+### Getting started ###
+
+1. Fork Radarr
+2. Clone the repository into your development machine. [*info*](https://help.github.com/articles/working-with-repositories)
+3. Install the required Node Packages `yarn install`
+4. Start gulp to monitor your dev environment for any changes that need post processing using `yarn start` command.
+5. Build the project in Visual Studio, Setting startup project to `Radarr.Console` and framework to `netcoreapp31`
+6. Debug the project in Visual Studio
+7. Open http://localhost:8686
 
 ### Contributing Code ###
 - If you're adding a new, already requested feature, please comment on [Github Issues](https://github.com/Radarr/Radarr/issues "Github Issues") so work is not duplicated (If you want to add something not already on there, please talk to us first)
@@ -18,7 +34,7 @@ See the readme for information on setting up your development environment.
 - Add tests (unit/integration)
 - Commit with *nix line endings for consistency (We checkout Windows and commit *nix)
 - One feature/bug fix per pull request to keep things clean and easy to understand
-- Use 4 spaces instead of tabs, this is the default for VS 2012 and WebStorm (to my knowledge)
+- Use 4 spaces instead of tabs, this is the default for VS 2019 and WebStorm (to my knowledge)
 
 ### Pull Requesting ###
 - Only make pull requests to develop, never master, if you make a PR to master we'll comment on it and close it