This document is intended to be a living summary of conventions & best practices for development within Sample Plug-in for Zowe CLI.

Changelog Update Guidelines

The changelog should be updated for any PR that updates code that will be distributed to the end user. Changes to certain files, such as the Jenkinsfile, do not require an update to the changelog.

The following code block should be inserted into the Changelog above the last released version:

## Recent Changes

- <Your changes should>
- <be documented here>

Primary Contribution Guidelines

We provide guidelines for developing Zowe CLI plug-ins in the Zowe CLI GitHub repository. The following information is critical to working with the code, running/writing/maintaining automated tests, developing consistent syntax in your plug-in, and ensuring that your plug-in integrates with Zowe CLI properly:

For more information about ...	See:
General guidelines that apply to contributing to Zowe CLI and Plug-ins	Contribution Guidelines
Conventions and best practices for creating packages and plug-ins for Zowe CLI	Package and Plug-in Guidelines
Guidelines for running tests on Zowe CLI	Testing Guidelines
Guidelines for running tests on the plug-ins that you build for Zowe CLI	Plug-in Testing Guidelines
Documentation that describes the features of the Imperative CLI Framework	About Imperative CLI Framework
Versioning conventions for Zowe CLI and Plug-ins	Versioning Guidelines

Contribution Guidelines Specific to the CICS Plug-in

The following guidelines apply specifically to the Sample Plug-in for Zowe CLI:

• None at this time.