# Contributing

Contributions are welcome, and they are greatly appreciated! Every little bit helps, and credit will always be given.

You can contribute in many ways:

## Types of Contributions

### Report Bugs

Report bugs at https://github.com/AdyGCode/piview/issues.

If you are reporting a bug, please include:

  • Your operating system name and version.

  • Any details about your local setup that might be helpful in troubleshooting.

  • Detailed steps to reproduce the bug.

### Fix Bugs

Look through the GitHub issues for bugs. Anything tagged with “bug” and “help wanted” is open to whoever wants to implement it.

### Implement Features

Look through the GitHub issues for features. Anything tagged with “enhancement” and “help wanted” is open to whoever wants to implement it.

### Write Documentation

PiView could always use more documentation, whether as part of the official PiView docs, in docstrings, or even on the web in blog posts, articles, and such.

### Submit Feedback

The best way to send feedback is to file an issue at https://github.com/AdyGCode/piview/issues.

If you are proposing a feature:

  • Explain in detail how it would work.

  • Keep the scope as narrow as possible, to make it easier to implement.

  • Remember that this is a volunteer-driven project, and that contributions are welcome :)

## Get Started!

Ready to contribute? Here’s how to set up piview for local development.

  1. Fork the piview repo on GitHub.

  2. Clone your fork locally:

    `shell $ git clone git@github.com:your_name_here/piview.git `

  3. Install your local copy into a virtualenv. Assuming you have virtualenvwrapper installed, this is how you set up your fork for local development:

    ```shell

    $ mkvirtualenv piview $ cd piview/ $ python setup.py develop ```

  4. Create a branch for local development:

    `shell $ git checkout -b name-of-your-bugfix-or-feature `

    Now you can make your changes locally.

  5. When you’re done making changes, check that your changes pass flake8 and the tests, including testing other Python versions with tox:

    `shell $ flake8 piview tests $ python setup.py test or pytest $ tox `

    To get flake8 and tox, just pip install them into your virtualenv.

  6. Commit your changes and push your branch to GitHub:

    `shell $ git add . $ git commit -m "Your detailed description of your changes." $ git push origin name-of-your-bugfix-or-feature `

  7. Submit a pull request through the GitHub website.

## Pull Request Guidelines

Before you submit a pull request, check that it meets these guidelines:

  1. The pull request should include tests.

  2. If the pull request adds functionality, the docs should be updated. Put your new functionality into a function with a docstring, and add the feature to the list in README.md.

  3. The pull request should work for Python 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 and 3.8, and for PyPy. Check https://travis-ci.com/AdyGCode/piview/pull_requests and make sure that the tests pass for all supported Python versions.

## Tips

To run a subset of tests:

`shell $ python -m unittest tests.test_piview `

## Deploying

A reminder for the maintainers on how to deploy.

Make sure all your changes are committed (including an entry in HISTORY.md).

`shell $ bump2version patch # possible: major / minor / patch $ git push $ git push --tags `

Travis will then deploy to PyPI if tests pass.