Enhance README usage instructions, and add links

README.md

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 This repository serves as a quickstart template for GDExtension development with Godot 4.0+.
 
 ## Contents
-* An empty Godot project (`demo/`)
+* Preconfigured source files for C++ development of the GDExtension ([src/](./src/))
+* An empty Godot project in [demo/](./demo), to test the GDExtension
 * godot-cpp as a submodule (`godot-cpp/`)
-* GitHub Issues template (`.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.yml`)
-* GitHub CI/CD workflows to publish your library packages when creating a release (`.github/workflows/builds.yml`)
-* preconfigured source files for C++ development of the GDExtension (`src/`)
-* setup to automatically generate `.xml` files in a `doc_classes/` directory to be parsed by Godot as [GDExtension built-in documentation](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/scripting/gdextension/gdextension_docs_system.html)
+* GitHub Issues template ([.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.yml](./.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.yml))
+* GitHub CI/CD workflows to publish your library packages when creating a release ([.github/workflows/builds.yml](./.github/workflows/builds.yml))
+* An SConstruct file with various functions, such as boilerplate for [Adding documentation](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/scripting/cpp/gdextension_docs_system.html)
 
 ## Usage - Template
 
-To use this template, log in to GitHub and click the green "Use this template" button at the top of the repository page.
-This will let you create a copy of this repository with a clean git history. Make sure you clone the correct branch as these are configured for development of their respective Godot development branches and differ from each other. Refer to the docs to see what changed between the versions.
+To use this template, log in to GitHub and click the green "Use this template" button at the top of the repository page. This will let you create a copy of this repository with a clean git history.
 
-For getting started after cloning your own copy to your local machine, you should: 
+To get started with your new GDExtension, do the following:
+
+* clone your repository to your local computer
 * initialize the godot-cpp git submodule via `git submodule update --init`
-* change the name of your library
-  * change the name of the compiled library file inside the `SConstruct` file by modifying the `libname` string.
-  * change the pathnames of the to be loaded library name inside the `demo/bin/example.gdextension` file. By replacing `EXTENSION-NAME` only to the name specified in your `SConstruct` file.
-  * change the name of the `demo/bin/example.gdextension` file
-* change the `entry_symbol` string inside your `demo/bin/your-extension.gdextension` file to be configured for your GDExtension name. This should be the same as the `GDExtensionBool GDE_EXPORT` external C function. As the name suggests, this sets the entry function for your GDExtension to be loaded by the Godot editors C API.
-* register the classes you want Godot to interact with inside the `register_types.cpp` file in the initialization method (here `initialize_gdextension_types`) in the syntax `GDREGISTER_CLASS(CLASS-NAME);`.
-
-### Configuring an IDE 
+* change the name of the compiled library file inside the [SConstruct](./SConstruct) file by modifying the `libname` string.
+  * change the paths of the to be loaded library name inside the [demo/bin/example.gdextension](./demo/bin/example.gdextension) file, by replacing `EXTENSION-NAME` with the name you chose for `libname`.
+* change the `entry_symbol` string inside [demo/bin/example.gdextension](./demo/bin/example.gdextension) file.
+  * rename the `example_library_init` function in [src/register_types.cpp](./src/register_types.cpp) to the same name you chose for `entry_symbol`.
+* change the name of the `demo/bin/example.gdextension` file
+
+Now, you can build the project with the following command:
+
+```shell
+scons
+```
+
+If the build command worked, you can test it with the [demo](./demo) project. Import it into Godot, open it, and launch the main scene. You should see it print the following line in the console:
+
+```
+Type: 24
+```
+
+### Configuring an IDE
 You can develop your own extension with any text editor and by invoking scons on the command line, but if you want to work with an IDE (Integrated Development Environment), you can use a compilation database file called `compile_commands.json`. Most IDEs should automatically identify this file, and self-configure appropriately.
 To generate the database file, you can run one of the following commands in the project root directory:
 ```shell