diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ced49a1..d55df02 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+.idea/
+npm-debug.log*
+
 # Windows image file caches
 Thumbs.db
 ehthumbs.db
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0731443
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Development
+
+## Dependencies
+
+Run the following to install all dependencies:
+
+```bash
+$ npm install
+```
+
+## Build
+
+Two steps are necessary to build the project entirely:
+
+```bash
+$ npm run build
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 655c666..b5db1ae 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,5 +30,8 @@
     "less-plugin-autoprefix": "^1.5.1",
     "requirejs": "^2.1.22",
     "run-sequence": "^1.1.2"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "gulp less && gulp build"
   }
 }