Welcome to the Gospel1 of Asterias.

The title is light-hearted and captures the intent of the documentation: to inform, preach good practices, provide guidance or help, and evangelise how we, as a team, try to develop high-quality software.

The documentation contained on this site should be considered a living document, which is continuously updated and reviewed. There may be errors, omissions and explanations may be vague.

Updates and fixes are actively encouraged by submitting a PR in the source repository. Each page should have a Edit this page on GitHub link near the bottom.

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  1. Gospel (/ˈɡɒspəl/) is the Old English translation of Greek εὐαγγέλιον, meaning “good news”. This may be seen from analysis of euangélion (εὖ, eû, ‘“good”’ + ἄγγελος, ángelos, ‘“messenger”’ + -ιον, -ion diminutive suffix).