Often, the README is the first impression people get when they access your repository. Writing a well-written README is crucial for open-source projects, personal side projects, or workplace tasks to help contributors and users understand. Here’s a blueprint to help you craft a README:
1. Project Title
The name of your app/project
2. Overview
Description of the project
3. Features
Key things your project can do (I usually add images or GIFs, too)
4. Installation
Step-by-step instructions on how to run your project
5. Dependencies
Show what your project is built on
6. Optional Additions
- Table of Contents (for longer READMEs)
- Features that will be added
- Ways to contribute
- License
- Changelog (A history of changes made to the project)
Tip! Use Markdown actively🧚🏼♀️
If you are familiar with Markdown, it’s much easier when you write your README. Markdown is a method to style web text, like making lists, increasing text size, bold, etc. There are a lot of resources for Markdown. Here are a few recommended resources:
https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/
https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/206543587-Markdown-cheat-sheet
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