adding contributing doc

.github/CONTRIBUTING.md

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+# Contributing to django-pygwalker
+
+First off, thank you for considering contributing to django-pygwalker!
+
+The following is a set of guidelines for contributing to this project. These are just guidelines, not rules. Use your best judgment, and feel free to propose changes to this document in a pull request.
+
+## Table of Contents
+
+1. [Code of Conduct](#code-of-conduct)
+2. [How Can I Contribute?](#how-can-i-contribute)
+    - [Reporting Bugs](#reporting-bugs)
+    - [Suggesting Enhancements](#suggesting-enhancements)
+    - [Pull Requests](#pull-requests)
+3. [Development Setup](#development-setup)
+4. [Style Guide](#style-guide)
+5. [License](#license)
+
+<br/>
+
+## Code of Conduct
+
+This project and everyone participating in it are governed by the [Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md). By participating, you are expected to uphold this code. Please report unacceptable behavior to [maintainer email].
+
+<br/>
+
+## How Can I Contribute?
+
+### Reporting Bugs
+
+- Before creating bug reports, please check the [existing issues](https://github.com/djangoaddicts/django-pygwalker/issues) as you might find that the issue has already been reported.
+- When creating a bug report, please include a clear and concise description of the problem and steps to reproduce it.
+
+### Suggesting Enhancements
+
+- Before creating enhancement suggestions, please check the [list of open issues](https://github.com/djangoaddicts/django-pygwalker/issues) as you might find that the suggestion has already been made.
+- When creating an enhancement suggestion, please provide a detailed description and, if possible, an implementation proposal.
+
+### Pull Requests
+
+- Provide a clear and concise description of your pull request.
+- Ensure you have tested your changes thoroughly.
+- Add/update unittests as nessessary.
+- Make sure code quaility tools run successfully. 
+
+    Merging contributions requires passing the checks configured with the CI. This includes running tests, linters, and other code quaility tools successfully on the currently officially supported Python and Django versions.
+
+<br/>
+
+## Development
+
+You can contribute to this project forking it from GitHub and sending pull requests.
+
+First [fork](https://help.github.com/en/articles/fork-a-repo) the
+[repository](https://github.com/djangoaddicts/django-pygwalker) and then clone it:
+
+```shell
+git clone [email protected]:<you>/django-pygwalker.git
+```
+
+Create a virtual environment and install dependancies:
+
+```shell
+cd django-pygwalker
+python -m venv venv
+source venv/bin/activate
+pip install .[dev]
+```
+
+Unit tests are located under the tests directory and can be executed via pytest:
+
+```shell
+pytest
+```
+
+
+<br/>
+
+## Style Guide
+
+Follow the coding style outlined in [STYLE_GUIDE.md](STYLE_GUIDE.md).
+
+<br/>
+
+## License
+
+By contributing, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the [GNU-3 license](../LICENSE).

.github/STYLE_GUIDE.md

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+# Project Style Guide
+
+This style guide outlines the coding conventions and formatting standards for the django-pygwalker Python codebase.
+
+<br/>
+
+## PEP 8
+
+We adhere to the PEP 8 style guide, which is the style guide for Python code. Please make sure to familiarize yourself with PEP 8 guidelines: [PEP 8 -- Style Guide for Python Code](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/).
+
+<br/>
+
+## Line Length
+
+The maximum line length for code and comments is set to 120 characters. This allows for better readability without excessively long lines.
+
+<br/>
+
+## Code Formatting with Black
+
+We recommend using the `black` code formatter to ensure consistent and automatically formatted code. `black` is an opinionated code formatter that automatically formats your code in a consistent style.
+
+To install `black`, run the following command:
+
+```bash
+pip install black

README.md

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 Documentation source files are available in the docs folder.
 
 
-<br/>
-
-## License
-django-pygwalker is licensed under the GNU-3 license (see the LICENSE file for details).
-
-https://github.com/djangoaddicts/django-pygwalker/blob/main/LICENSE
-
-
 <br/>
 
 ## Installation 
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     queryset = MyModel.objects.all()
     template_name = "my_custom_template.html"
 ```
+
+<br/>
+
+## License
+django-pygwalker is licensed under the GNU-3 license (see the LICENSE file for details).
+
+https://github.com/djangoaddicts/django-pygwalker/blob/main/LICENSE
+
+<br/>
+
+## Contributing
+To contribute to django-pygwalker, please see [Contributing](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md)

docs/source/coc.md

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+```{include} ../../.github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
+```

docs/source/contributing.md

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+```{include} ../../.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
+```

docs/source/index.md

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 internals
 version_history
 license
+coc
+contributing
+style_guide
 ```
 
 <br/>

docs/source/license.md

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-# LICENSE
+# License
 
 ```{eval-rst}
 .. include:: ../../LICENSE

docs/source/style_guide.md

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+```{include} ../../.github/STYLE_GUIDE.md
+```