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+# Contribution guide
+
+## Contribute to Ionic Core
+
+Ionic Core is the fundation of Ionic v4. It's based in [Stencil](https://stenciljs.com) and consist in a set of web components a long of JS and CSS utils.
+
+
+### Installing dependencies
+
+Before you can build ionic, we assume the following list of software is already installed in your system
+
+- Git
+- Node 8 or higher
+- Npm 6.0 or higher
+
+
+### Fork repository
+
+In order to contributo to Ionic, you must have a github account so you can push code and create a new Pull Request (PR).
+
+Once you are all setup, following the Github's guide of how to fork a repository: https://guides.github.com/activities/forking/
+
+
+### Build Ionic Core
+
+```bash
+# Clone your Github repository:
+git clone https://github.com/<github username>/ionic.git
+
+# Go to the core directory:
+cd ionic/core
+
+# Install npm dependencies
+npm install
+
+# Run Ionic dev server
+npm run dev
+```
+
+### Development Workflow
+
+#### 1. Run Dev Server
+
+```bash
+# Move to the core folder
+cd core
+
+# Run dev server
+npm run dev
+```
+
+You should be able to navigate to `http://localhost:3333` which will look like a file browser.
+
+E2E tests are located inside the `src/component` folder, in the following way: `http://localhost:3333/src/components/{COMPONENT}/test/`
+
+
+**Path examples:**
+
+- ActionSheet basic test: http://localhost:3333/src/components/action-sheet/test/basic
+- Nav basic test: http://localhost:3333/src/components/nav/test/basic
+- Button basic test:
+http://localhost:3333/src/components/button/test/basic
+
+
+**IMPORTANT**
+
+Leave the dev server running in the background while you make changes. The dev server listen for changes and automatically recompile Ionic for you.
+
+
+
+#### 2. Open `core` folder in your IDE
+
+Components implementations live inside the `core/src/components` folder.
+
+You can find each ionic component inside their directory.
+
+
+#### 3. Run test suite
+
+Before commiting your changes make sure tests are passing:
+
+```
+npm run validate
+```
+
+#### 4. Create a branch and commit
+
+```bash
+# Create a git branch
+git checkout -b my-improvement
+
+# Add changes
+git add .
+
+# Create commit
+git commit -m "fix(component): message"
+```
+
+Create a PR:
+https://guides.github.com/activities/forking/
+
+
+### Summary
+
+```bash
+# Clone repo
+git clone git@github.com:ionic-team/ionic.git
+
+# Move to ionic/core folder
+cd ionic/core
+
+# Install npm dependencies
+npm i
+
+# Run dev server
+npm run dev
+
+# Run test suite
+npm run validate
+```
+
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 * [@ionic/angular](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ionic/angular)
 
 
+## How to contribute
+
+[Check out the CONTRIBUTE guide](CONTRIBUTING.md)
+
 ## Related
 
 * [Ionic Documentation](https://ionicframework.com/docs/)