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+# Contributing
+
+Install Python version matching one specified in `binder/runtime.txt`.
+
+Setup development environment:
+
+    $ python -m venv .venv
+    $ source .venv/bin/activate
+    $ pip install -U pip setuptools
+    $ pip install -r binder/requirements.txt
+    $ ./binder/postBuild
+
+Register Git hooks (auto-remove output cells on commit):
+
+    $ git config core.hooksPath .hooks
+
+Launch JupyterLab:
+
+    $ jupyter lab
+
+Edit (improve) notebooks.