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+![The Logo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Booglejr/DFAify/main/src/main/resources/com/booglejr/dfaify/dfaify.png)
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+<h1>DFAify</h1>
+</div>
+
+## About
+
+:wave: Hi there! I'm Justin Woodring! 
+
+I built DFAify as a hobby project to allow users to model and inspect the behaviour of basic DFAs.
+DFAify is a diagramming and graphical analysis tool supporting playback and stepping logic for DFAs.
+
+### Consider Supporting Me
+If you really love DFAify consider supporting me!  [:dollar: paypal.me/jwoodrg ](https://paypal.me/jwoodrg)
+
+## Getting Started
+If you just want to use DFAify, I recommend taking a look at the releases. 
+
+But if you're curious here's how you build from the source:
+1. Install JDK 17, I recommend Adoptium's builds.
+2. Clone this repo.
+3. Run `./gradlew run` on Linux and Mac or `.\gradlew.bat run` on Windows
+4. Done! :partying_face: 
+
+## Writing your own DFAs
+DFAs are expressed in a very simple xml format. Here's a sample:
+```xml
+<dfa>
+  <state name="EVEN A" ref="even" entry="true" final="true">
+    <conn to="odd" takes="a"/>
+    <conn to="even" takes="b"/>
+  </state>
+  <state name="ODD A" ref="odd" entry="false" final="false">
+    <conn to="even" takes="a"/>
+    <conn to="odd" takes="b"/>
+  </state>
+</dfa>
+```
+
+Rules:
+* A DFA XML documents begins with a `<dfa>` and ends with a `</dfa>`
+* A DFA must have at least one `<state>`.
+* Each `<state>` must be an child of the dfa root element.
+* Each `<state>` has a `name` attribute which will be displayed when they are rendered.
+* Each `<state>` has a `ref` attribute which is how you will reference other states in their connections or `<conn>` tags.
+  * `ref` attributes must hold unique values.
+* Each `<state>` has a `entry` attribute which is boolean flag indicating whether that state is the DFA's entry point.
+  * There must one and only one `entry` attribute flagged as `true`
+* Each `<state>` has a `final` attribute declaring whether that state is a final state or not.
+  * You can any number of final states including zero.
+* Each `<conn>` tag must be a child of a state element.
+* Each `<conn>` has a `to` attribute which takes the value of a `ref` attribute on a `<state>`
+* Each `<conn>` has a `takes` attribute takes a character which represents the transition character to another `<state>`
+  * Each `<conn>` cannot have another sibling `<conn>` which has the same `takes` attribute.
+* All attributes are not optional.
+
+Save this file with an `.xml` extension. And open it up in DFAify.
+