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Links "LawTesting.md" in FAQ and TypeClasses pages #1985

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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions docs/src/main/tut/faq.md
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* [What does `macro Ops` do? What is `cats.macros.Ops`?](#machinist)
* [What is `tailRecM`?](#tailrecm)
* [What does this symbol mean?](#symbol)
* [How can I test `laws`?](#law-testing)
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A more specific way to say could be "how can I test instances against their type classes' laws? "

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Perfect!

* [How can I help?](#contributing)

## <a id="what-imports" href="#what-imports"></a>What imports do I need?
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| `fa >> fb` (Deprecated) | followed by | | `FlatMap[F[_]]` | `followedBy(fa: F[A])(fb: F[B]): F[B]` |
| `fa << fb` (Deprecated) | for effect | | `FlatMap[F[_]]` | `forEffect(fa: F[A])(fb: F[B]): F[A]` |

## <a id="law-testing" href="#law-testing"></a>How can I test `laws`?

You can find more information [here](typeclasses/lawtesting.html).

## <a id="contributing" href="#contributing"></a>How can I help?

The cats community welcomes and encourages contributions, even if you are completely new to cats and functional programming. Here are a few ways to help out:
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layout: docs
title: "Law Testing"
section: "typeclasses"
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# Law testing

[Laws](https://typelevel.org/cats/typeclasses.html#laws) are an important part of cats.
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Cats provides laws for type classes via the `kernel-laws` and `laws` modules which makes law checking
type class instances easy.

You can find out more about law testing [here](typeclasses/lawtesting.html).
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Sorry I should've caught this earlier. This link probably has an extra typeclasses in path?

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@kailuowang The path is good. I've tested it.
Without the typeclasses prefix the URL formed is: /cats/lawtesting.html (which is broken). The original .md is placed in typeclasses/lawtesting.md.

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oh cool, thanks for testing it.


## Type classes in cats

<img src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/tpolecat/cats-infographic/master/cats.svg" alt="infographic" style="width: 100%;"/>
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