pferd/DEV.md
Joscha 27e4abcfa3 Do project setup from scratch
Following guidelines from the Python Packaging User Guide [1].

This commit intentionally breaks the .gitignore, project dependencies, GitHub
Actions and other stuff. It also removes almost the entire README. The intention
behind this is to get rid of all cruft that as accumulated over time and to have
a fresh start. Only necessary things will be re-added as they're needed.

From now on, I also plan on adding documentation for every feature at the same
time that the feature is implemented. This is to ensure that the documentation
does not become outdated.

[1]: https://packaging.python.org/
2021-04-27 00:07:54 +02:00

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PFERD Development Guide

PFERD is packaged following the Python Packaging User Guide (in particular this and this guide).

Setting up a dev environment

The use of venv is recommended. To initially set up a development environment, run these commands in the same directory as this file:

$ python -m venv .venv
$ . .venv/bin/activate
$ pip install --editable .

After this, you can use PFERD as if it was installed normally. Since PFERD was installed with --editable, there is no need to re-run pip install when the source code is changed.

For more details, see this part of the Python Tutorial and this section on "development mode".

Contributing

When submitting a PR that adds, changes or modifies a feature, please ensure that the corresponding documentation is updated.

In your first PR, please add your name to the LICENSE file.