Contributing guide

CONTRIBUTING.md

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 ## Developing Ignite
 
+### Quickstart guide for first-time contributors
+
+<summary>
+
+<details>
+
+- Install [miniconda](https://docs.conda.io/projects/continuumio-conda/en/latest/user-guide/install/index.html) for your system.
+- Create an isolated conda environment for pytorch-ignite:
+ ```bash
+conda create -n pytorch-ignite-dev python=3
+```
+
+- Activate the newly created environment:
+ ```bash
+conda activate pytorch-ignite-dev
+```
+
+- When developing please take care of preserving `.gitignore` file and make use of `.git/info/exclude` to exclude custom files like: `.idea`, `.vscode` etc.
+- Please refer to [github first contributions guidelines](https://github.com/firstcontributions/first-contributions) and don't hesitate to ask the pytorch-ignite community in case of any doubt.
+- A good way to start is to tackle one of the [good first issues](https://github.com/pytorch/ignite/labels/good%20first%20issue).
+
+</details>
+
+</summary>
+
 ### Installation
 
 To get the development installation with the necessary dependencies, run the following:
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 # python -m http.server 1234
 ```
 Then open the browser at `0.0.0.0:<port>` (e.g. `0.0.0.0:1234`) and click to `html` folder.
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