CONTRIBUTING.md

In UBC-MDS/encodeR: A collection of categorical encoders in R

Contributing

Contributions are welcome, and they are greatly appreciated! Every little bit helps, and credit will always be given.

You can contribute in many ways:

Types of Contributions

Report Bugs

Report bugs at https://github.com/UBC-MDS/encodeR/issues.

If you are reporting a bug, please include:

• Your operating system name and version.
• Any details about your local setup that might be helpful in troubleshooting.
• Detailed steps to reproduce the bug.

Fix Bugs

Look through the GitHub issues for bugs. Anything tagged with "bug" and "help wanted" is open to whoever wants to implement it.

Implement Features

Look through the GitHub issues for features. Anything tagged with "enhancement" and "help wanted" is open to whoever wants to implement it.

Write Documentation

encodeR could always use more documentation, whether as part of the official encodeR docs, in docstrings, or even on the web in blog posts, articles, and such.

Submit Feedback

The best way to send feedback is to file an issue at https://github.com/UBC-MDS/encodeR/issues.

If you are proposing a feature:

• Explain in detail how it would work.
• Keep the scope as narrow as possible, to make it easier to implement.
• Remember that this is a volunteer-driven project, and that contributions are welcome :)

Pull Request Guidelines

Before you submit a pull request, check that it meets these guidelines:

1. The pull request should include tests.
2. If the pull request adds functionality, the docs should be updated. Put your new functionality into a function with a docstring, and add the feature to the list in README.md.
3. The pull request should work for the latest version of R. Check https://github.com/UBC-MDS/encodeR/pulls and make sure that the tests pass for all supported R versions.

Code of Conduct

Please note that the encodeR project is released with this Contributor Code of Conduct. By contributing to this project you agree to abide by its terms.

UBC-MDS/encodeR documentation built on March 31, 2020, 12:53 a.m.