## 📄 CONTRIBUTING.md
# 🤝 Contributing to Dash
Thanks for your interest in contributing to Dash — a lightweight interpreted language written in Rust!
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## 🧰 Getting Started
1. Fork the repository
2. Clone your fork:
```bash
git clone https://github.com/Pjdur/dash-lang.git
cd dash-lang
```
3. Build and run:
```bash
cargo run -- examples/hello.dash
```
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## 🛠 What You Can Work On
- 🧠 Language features: booleans, arrays, logical operators
- 🧪 Tests: unit tests for parser and interpreter
- 🖥️ CLI: REPL mode, help/version flags
- 📚 Docs: grammar guide, usage examples
- 🧹 Refactoring: modularization, error handling
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## 📦 Project Structure
```
src/
├── main.rs # CLI entry point
├── parser.rs # AST construction and grammar
├── eval.rs # Expression and statement execution
├── ast.rs # Core data types
examples/
├── hello.dash # Sample programs
dash.pest # Grammar definition
```
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## ✅ Code Style
- Use Rust 2021 edition
- Format with `cargo fmt`
- Run `cargo clippy` before submitting
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## 🧪 Testing
To run tests:
```bash
cargo test
```
To add a test, create a file in `tests/` or use inline unit tests in modules.
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## 📬 Submitting a Pull Request
1. Create a new branch:
```bash
git checkout -b feature/my-feature
```
2. Commit your changes:
```bash
git commit -m "Add feature X"
```
3. Push and open a PR on GitHub
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## 💬 Questions or Ideas?
Open an issue or start a discussion. We welcome feedback, suggestions, and creative ideas!
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Thanks for helping make Dash better!