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/nova-labs/meetup2apricot/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¶

Meetup2apricot could always use more documentation, whether as part of the official meetup2apricot 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/nova-labs/meetup2apricot/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 meetup2apricot for local development.

Fork the meetup2apricot repo on GitHub.

Clone your fork locally:

$ git clone git@github.com:your_name_here/meetup2apricot.git
$ cd meetup2apricot

Setup for development by creating a Python 3.0 virtual environment and loading it with the required Python packages:
```
$ make develop
```

Create a branch for local development:

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

Now you can make your changes locally. Don’t worry about exactly matching the project code style; the black formatter will fix everything:
```
$ make black
```
Test as you make changes:
```
$ make test
```

Commit your changes to git as you go:

$ git add .
$ git commit -m "Your description of the changes."

Continue making changes, formatting, testing, and committing to git. Track your progress with git’s log command:
```
$ make gitlog
```
When you’re done making changes, test everything again in new virtual environment to check package dependency issues. This step also runs flake8 to check for code anomalies:
```
$ make test-all
```

Commit your changes and push your branch to GitHub:

$ git push origin name-of-your-bugfix-or-feature

Submit a pull request through the GitHub website.

Pull Request Guidelines¶

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

The pull request should include tests (that pass!).
Update docs to describe new, updated, and removed functionality, configuration, operation, etc.

Documentation¶

Most functions and methods should have docstrings summarizing their intent, arguments, and return values. Function, method, and variable names should be descriptive, not cryptic. Local temporary variables can elucidate your code. Prefer:

photo_path = self.get_photo(meetup_event)
event_tags = self.get_event_tags(meetup_event)
self.add_apricot_event(meetup_event, photo_path, event_tags)

instead of:

self.add_apricot_event(
    meetup_event,
    self.get_photo(meetup_event),
    self.get_event_tags(meetup_event)
)

README.rst includes a list of major functionality. Keep that list up-to-date.

HISTORY.rst shows the major changes in each release and planned future changes. Keep that list up-to-date, moving items from the Future History section to the Next Release section when possible.

When you add the first change to the Next Release section, uncomment the section heading. For example, change this:

.. Next Release
.. ------------------

to:

Next Release
------------------

* My new feature.

Run Sphinx to build the documentation for local review. The docs make target will build an HTML version of the documentation and open a browser:

$ make docs

The browser will not open if you develop on a remote machine via ssh, PuTTY, etc. Instead, run a simple web server on the HTML documentation:

$ make docsweb

Tips¶

The makefile includes targets for common operations. The default target is help:

$ make

black                reformat code to conform to PEP-8
clean-build          remove build artifacts
clean-pyc            remove Python file artifacts
clean                remove all build, test, coverage and Python artifacts
clean-test           remove test and coverage artifacts
coverage-browse      check code coverage and browse locally
coverage             check code coverage quickly with the default Python
coverage-web         check code coverage and serve results via the web
develop              install required Python packages for local development
dist                 builds source and wheel package
docs-browse          compile the docs and view them in a local browser
docs                 generate Sphinx HTML documentation, including API docs
docs-web             compile the docs and serve them via the web
gitlog               show the Git graphical history
install              install required Python packages for production
lint                 check style with flake8
release              package and upload a release
requirements         update Python package versions in requirements files
servedocs            compile the docs watching for changes
test-all             run tests on every Python version with tox
test                 run tests quickly with the default Python
venv                 create a Python virtual environment
which                show path to meetup2apricot

Deploying Releases¶

A reminder for the maintainers on how to deploy releases. Make sure all your pull requests and other changes are committed in the development branch. Working in the development branch, bump the version (major, minor, or patch). Push the development branch to GitHub. Merge the development branch to the main branch and tag with the release number. Push the main branch and the tagged branch to GitHub:

$ git checkout development
$ bumpversion patch
$ git push origin development
$ git checkout main
$ git merge --no-ff development
$ git tag -a v1.2.3
$ git push origin main
$ git push origin v1.2.3

After the release, start a new feature development branch to avoid committing directly to the main and development branches:

$ git checkout development
$ git checkout -b my-new-feature