# Questions
If you are having problems using the APIs or have a question about IBM Cloud services,
please ask a question at
[Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask?tags=ibm-cloud).

# Issues
If you encounter an issue with the project, you are welcome to submit a
[bug report](https://github.com/IBM/platform-services-go-sdk/issues).
Before that, please search for similar issues. It's possible that someone has already reported the problem.

# General Information
For general guidance on contributing to this project, please see
[this link](https://github.com/IBM/ibm-cloud-sdk-common/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING_go.md)

# Prerequisites
The following tools are required in order to build this project:
* Git
* A modern version of the `make` utility.  
    Note: Windows users will likely need to install one of the various 
    [make utilities available for Windows](https://www.google.com/search?q=make+utility+for+windows).
* A version of [Go](https://www.google.com/search?q=install+golang) that is >= the
minimum version supported by the project.

Windows users might find it more convenient to use
[`Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about)
or [`Cygwin`](https://www.cygwin.com/) when making contributions to this project.

# Updating an existing service within the SDK
For instructions on updating an existing service within the SDK, please see [update_service.md](update_service.md)
