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In this spirit, if the <span style="color:#3EACAD">template</span> is not for you or in case you have feedback, please consider [opening an issue](https://github.com/worldbank/template/issues) or [submitting a pull request](https://github.com/worldbank/template/pulls) to share your ideas and suggestions. Your contributions would be appreciated immensely.
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## Benefits

Project templates on GitHub are essential for streamlining the software development process, and they offer several key benefits:

- **Consistency and Best Practices:** Project templates encourage consistency in project structure, coding standards, and best practices. They provide a standardized starting point, ensuring that all team members follow the same guidelines and reduce the risk of introducing errors.

- **Time and Effort Savings:** Templates save time by eliminating the need to set up a project from scratch. Developers can quickly start working on their projects without the overhead of configuring the initial project structure, dependencies, or workflows.

- **Faster Onboarding:** New team members or contributors can easily get up to speed by using project templates. It simplifies the onboarding process, allowing them to understand the project structure and development practices more quickly.

- **Customization and Adaptability:** GitHub project templates can be customized to suit the specific needs of different types of projects or organizations. They serve as a foundation that can be adapted to meet unique requirements.

- **Community Engagement:** Open-source projects can attract more contributors when they provide accessible project templates. These templates facilitate contributions by reducing the barriers to entry for potential collaborators.

**Version Control Integration:** GitHub project templates are tightly integrated with Git version control. This makes it easier to manage changes, collaborate, and track the history of project configurations.

- **Documentation and Guidance:** Templates often include documentation and guidance to help developers understand the project's structure and how to get started. This can include README files, code comments, and links to relevant resources.

- **Discoverability:** Templates are discoverable on GitHub, making it easy for developers to find and use project templates for their preferred programming languages, frameworks, and tools. This helps build a supportive ecosystem.

- **Continual Improvement:** Project templates can evolve and improve over time as best practices, technology, and requirements change. This ensures that projects remain up to date and maintainable.

In summary, GitHub project templates are valuable resources that enhance project management, development practices, and collaboration. They promote consistency, efficiency, and quality in software development, whether for individual projects, open-source contributions, or within organizational contexts.

## Usage

### Getting Started
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