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Development

By Amr

Developer guides for contributing to and extending the Zer0-Mistakes Jekyll theme.

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Development Documentation

This section provides comprehensive guides for developers who want to contribute to, extend, or customize the Zer0-Mistakes Jekyll theme.

Getting Started

Before contributing, ensure you have:

  • Docker Desktop installed (recommended)
  • Git configured with SSH keys
  • Basic understanding of Jekyll and Ruby

Developer Guides

Build & Release

Guide Description
Release Management Semantic versioning, changelog management, and gem publishing
Version Bump Automated version bumping workflow
CI/CD Pipeline Continuous integration and deployment workflows

Quality & Security

Guide Description
Testing Test suite structure and development standards
Security CodeQL scanning and security best practices
Dependency Updates Automated dependency management

Documentation & Tooling

Guide Description
Documentation Dual documentation architecture and workflow
Scripts Shell script automation library
PRD Product requirements document

Quick Commands

# Run all tests
./test/test_runner.sh

# Build the gem
./scripts/build.sh

# Create a release
./scripts/release.sh

# Bump version
./scripts/version.sh patch  # or minor, major

Development Workflow

graph LR
    A[Fork Repo] --> B[Create Branch]
    B --> C[Make Changes]
    C --> D[Run Tests]
    D --> E[Submit PR]
    E --> F[Code Review]
    F --> G[Merge]
    G --> H[Release]

Contributing

  1. Fork the repository
  2. Create a feature branch (feature/my-feature)
  3. Make your changes with tests
  4. Submit a pull request

See CONTRIBUTING.md for detailed guidelines.