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CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -30,9 +30,11 @@ programmer to work on the associated controller and puzzle classes.
 
 ## Areas of Contribution
 
-I'm looking for contributors to help tackle some of the **unhandled puzzles** or to **fix one of the few UI issues**
+I'm looking for contributors to help tackle some of the **unhandled puzzles** or to **fix the one UI issue**
 I'm having with the project. Unhandled puzzles can be seen in the [Progress file](Progress.md) at the base-level of the
-project repository. To claim that you'll be tackling a certain puzzle, please add a comment to the
+project repository. The ways that someone can contribute is through creating a function solution to the puzzle and/or
+make the UI for gathering the important puzzle info from the manual expert (See the next section for more details).
+To claim that you'll be tackling a certain puzzle, please add a comment to the
 [discussion board](https://github.com/Ultraviolet-Ninja/GradleCenturion/discussions/134). After approval, create an issue
 on the given page so that we can discuss further instructions.
 
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ that validates the algorithm to be correct in different scenarios.
 #### How to choose a puzzle to solve
 
 The `manuals/Centurion Puzzle Difficulty.xlsx` file contains all the puzzles and their relative 'manual expert'
-difficulty. This would probably be a good place to start for finding interesting problems.
+difficulty. This would probably be a good place to start for finding interesting problems that are not being worked on.
 
 #### Testing Puzzle Solutions
 

README.md

@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 
 [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/Ultraviolet-Ninja/GradleCenturion/tree/main.svg?style=shield)](https://circleci.com/gh/Ultraviolet-Ninja/GradleCenturion/tree/main)
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-![Project Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-0.23.2-blueviolet)
+![Project Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-0.23.3-blueviolet)
+<a href="https://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/21/">
+  <img src="https://badgen.net/badge/Java%20Version/21/5382a1"/>
+</a>
 
 ## Intro
 This project is designed to solve all puzzles found on the Centurion Bomb from Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, which
@@ -36,12 +39,19 @@ and this project marks points of my Software Engineering learning journey.
 See the running list of modules [here](Progress.md)
 
 ## How to run the program
-*Disclaimer*: This is referring to program versions `0.22.2` onward
-- The `source code` option of the [Release Page](https://github.com/Ultraviolet-Ninja/GradleCenturion/releases) contains an executable, a Windows batch file and all the
-necessary jar files to run the program
+*Disclaimer*: This is referring to program versions `0.22.2` and onward
+- The `source code` option of the [Release Page](https://github.com/Ultraviolet-Ninja/GradleCenturion/releases) contains an executable `gradlew` file,
+a Windows batch file equivalent and all the necessary `.jar` files to run the program
 - The `Gradle-Centurion-[VERSION]-[OPERATING SYSTEM]` contains an OS-specific executable file with a runtime 
 environment for the program to run in
-  - *Only supports Windows currently*
+  - ***Only supports Windows currently***
+
+### Starting up the Project via Source Code
+To get started with the source code, make sure to download the version of Java needed for the project and download the code.
+Using the Linux command line, use `chmod +x gradlew` then `gradlew run` to boot up the project.
+- For Windows, it'll just be `gradlew.bat run`
+
+This should kickstart the dependency download and build process. Now, you're ready to start developing!
 
 ## Contributing to the Project
 

build.gradle

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group 'jasmine.jragon'
-version '0.23.2'
+version '0.23.3'
 
 sourceCompatibility = 21
 targetCompatibility = 21
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'com.opencsv:opencsv:5.9'
     implementation 'org.javatuples:javatuples:1.2'
     implementation 'org.jgrapht:jgrapht-ext:1.5.2'
-    implementation 'org.jetbrains:annotations:25.0.0'
+    implementation 'org.jetbrains:annotations:26.0.1'
     //implementation 'io.github.fvarrui:javpackager:1.5.1'
-    implementation 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.5.8'
+    implementation 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.5.12'
 
     implementation('com.jfoenix:jfoenix:9.0.4') {
         exclude group: "org.javafx"
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     testImplementation 'org.testng:testng:7.10.2'
     testImplementation 'org.pitest:pitest-testng-plugin:1.0.0'
-    testImplementation 'nl.jqno.equalsverifier:equalsverifier:3.17'
+    testImplementation 'nl.jqno.equalsverifier:equalsverifier:3.17.3'
 }
 
 def firstInstance = project.hasProperty('thread0')