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A template to make good README.md

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Aamoradi
Last edited Oct 17, 2016
Created on Dec 29, 2017

This example provides a reusable template for structuring a project’s README.md file, demonstrating a standardized layout with sections for getting started, prerequisites, installation steps, testing, deployment, built-with tools, contributing guidelines, versioning, authors, license, and acknowledgments. The template is plain text, using Markdown headings and code blocks to organize content, and includes placeholder examples for commands and dependency lists. It references external resources like Dropwizard, Maven, and ROME to illustrate how to document technical dependencies, and links to a CONTRIBUTING.md file for collaboration details. The gist serves as a starting point for developers to adapt and fill in project-specific information.

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