Add Contributing Guidelines For Skorch

CONTRIBUTING.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+.. image:: https://github.com/skorch-dev/skorch/blob/master/assets/skorch_bordered.svg
+   :width: 30%
+
+===========================
+How to Contribute to Skorch
+===========================
+
+We ❤️ contributions from the open-source community! We follow the Contributor Convenant Code of Conduct that ensures a positive
+experience for contributors and maintainers. To know more, please see `here <https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/1/code_of_conduct/>`
+
+
+To begin contributing, you need to clone the repository from source and install dev dependencies as shown below:
+
+
+conda installation
+==================
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+    git clone https://github.com/skorch-dev/skorch.git
+    cd skorch
+    # create and activate a virtual environment
+    python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+    # install pytorch version for your system (see below)
+    python -m pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
+    python -m pip install -e .
+
+    py.test  # unit tests
+    pylint skorch  # static code checks
+
+pip installation
+================
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+    git clone https://github.com/skorch-dev/skorch.git
+    cd skorch
+    conda create -n skorch-env python=3.10
+    conda activate skorch-env
+    conda install -c pytorch pytorch
+    python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+    python -m pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
+    python -m pip install -e .
+
+    py.test  # unit tests
+    pylint skorch  # static code checks
+
+It is recommend to run the unit tests and static code checks before submitting a PR 
+to ensure the predefined coding standards are followed.
+
+===========
+Maintainers
+===========
+
+You can tag the following maintainers to request a review for your PR:
+

README.rst

@@ -183,21 +183,6 @@ To install skorch from source using conda, proceed as follows:
     python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
     python -m pip install .
 
-If you want to help developing, run:
-
-.. code:: bash
-
-    git clone https://github.com/skorch-dev/skorch.git
-    cd skorch
-    conda create -n skorch-env python=3.10
-    conda activate skorch-env
-    conda install -c pytorch pytorch
-    python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
-    python -m pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
-    python -m pip install -e .
-
-    py.test  # unit tests
-    pylint skorch  # static code checks
 
 You may adjust the Python version to any of the supported Python versions.
 
@@ -215,20 +200,6 @@ For pip, follow these instructions instead:
     # install pytorch version for your system (see below)
     python -m pip install .
 
-If you want to help developing, run:
-
-.. code:: bash
-
-    git clone https://github.com/skorch-dev/skorch.git
-    cd skorch
-    # create and activate a virtual environment
-    python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
-    # install pytorch version for your system (see below)
-    python -m pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
-    python -m pip install -e .
-
-    py.test  # unit tests
-    pylint skorch  # static code checks
 
 PyTorch
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