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CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ This document describes contributing to Picodata
 - libstc++-static
 
 #### Prerequisites for CentOS 8
-Use the following commands to install the required build prerequisites. Note that you'll need recent Rust and Cargo versions installed using the recommended way from [rustup.rs](rustup.rs):
-```
+Use the following commands to install the required build prerequisites. Note that you'll need recent Rust and Cargo versions installed using the recommended way from [rustup.rs](rustup.rs){:target="_blank"}:
+```bash
 sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled powertools
 sudo dnf in -y gcc gcc-c++ make cmake git patch libstdc++-static
 curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ source "$HOME/.cargo/env"
 ```
 #### Prerequisites for Ubuntu 22.04
 Use the following command to install the required build prerequisites. Note that Ubuntu 22.04 provides recent Rust and Cargo versions, so it's preferable to install it via `apt-get`:
-```
+```bash
 sudo apt-get install build-essential cargo git cmake -y
 ```
 
 #### Prerequisites for Alt Workstation p10
-Use the following commands to install the required build prerequisites. Note that you'll need recent Rust and Cargo versions installed using the recommended way from [rustup.rs](rustup.rs):
-```
+Use the following commands to install the required build prerequisites. Note that you'll need recent Rust and Cargo versions installed using the recommended way from [rustup.rs](rustup.rs){:target="_blank"}:
+```bash
 su -
 apt-get install gcc gcc-c++ cmake git patch libstdc++10-devel-static libgomp10-devel-static -y && exit
 curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
@@ -32,19 +32,19 @@ source "$HOME/.cargo/env"
 ```
 
 #### Getting and building the source code
-```
+```bash
 git clone https://git.picodata.io/picodata/picodata/picodata.git
 cd picodata
 git submodule update --init
 ```
 Compile the project:
-```
+```bash
 cargo build
 ```
 
 This will build the debug version. If you want the release version, try this instead:
 
-```
+```bash
 cargo build --release
 ```
 The resulting binaries should appear under the  `target` subdirectory.
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ The following refers to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. The mileage with other distributions m
 
 1. Install Python 3.10
 
-     ```
+     ```bash
    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
    sudo apt install python3.10 python3.10-distutils
    curl -sSL https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py

README.md

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 This repository contains the source code of Picodata, an in-memory distributed application server with a built-in database.
 
 ### What is Picodata
-Picodata is a software for building professional data management systems. It provides a data storage system together with a development platform and a runtime for persistent applications written in Rust. Learn more about our software at the [picodata.io](picodata.io) web site.
+Picodata is a software for building professional data management systems. It provides a data storage system together with a development platform and a runtime for persistent applications written in Rust. Learn more about our software at the [picodata.io](picodata.io){:target="_blank"} web site.
 
 ### Getting Picodata
-We provide pre-built Picodata packages for select Linux distributions including CentOS and Ubuntu. Head over to our [downloads page](https://picodata.io/download/) to find out installation details. 
+We provide pre-built Picodata packages for select Linux distributions including CentOS and Ubuntu. Head over to our [downloads page](https://picodata.io/download/){:target="_blank"} to find out installation details. 
 
 ### Running Picodata
 Running a Picodata instance only takes one simple command: `picodata run`. Getting a basic distributed cluster made of two instances running on different hosts involves two commands, like this:
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Running a Picodata instance only takes one simple command: `picodata run`. Getti
 picodata run --listen 192.168.0.1:3301
 picodata run --listen 192.168.0.2:3301 --peer 192.168.0.1:3301 
 ```
-You can find out more about getting started procedures and first steps by heading to our [documentation site](https://docs.picodata.io/picodata/install/#_2).
+You can find out more about getting started procedures and first steps by heading to our [documentation site](https://docs.picodata.io/picodata/install/#_2){:target="_blank"}.
 
 ### Building Picodata from source
-Our pre-built packages provide a statically linked `picodata` binary that have no extra dependencies other than a recent `glibc` library version. However, you may want or need to compile the software from the source. Please refer to the [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) document for compilation instructions and running integration tests.
+Our pre-built packages provide a statically linked `picodata` binary that have no extra dependencies other than a recent `glibc` library version. However, you may want or need to compile the software from the source. Please refer to the [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md){:target="_blank"} document for compilation instructions and steps required to run integration tests.