Contributing to pygada

First of all, thanks for considering contributing to pygada! It’s people like you that make it rewarding for us - the project Sphinx authors to work on pygada.

pygada is an open source project, maintained by people who care.

Code of conduct

Please note that this project is released with a Code of Conduct. By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.

How you can contribute?

There are several ways you can contribute to this project. If you want to know more about why and how to contribute to open source projects like this one, see this Open Source Guide.

Share the love

Think pygada is useful? Let others discover it, by telling them in person, via Twitter or a blog post.

Using pygada for a paper you are writing? Consider citing it:

#TODO

Ask a question ⁉️

Using pygada and got stuck? Browse the documentation to see if you can find a solution. Still stuck? Post your question as a new issue on GitHub. While we cannot offer user support, we’ll try to do our best to address it, as questions often lead to better documentation or the discovery of bugs.

Want to ask a question in private? Contact DOV directly by email.

Propose an idea

Have an idea for a new pygada feature? Take a look at the documentation and issue list to see if it isn’t included or suggested yet. If not, suggest your idea as a new issue on GitHub. While we can’t promise to implement your idea, it helps to:

  • Explain in detail how it would work.

  • Keep the scope as narrow as possible.

See below, Creating the documentation, if you want to contribute code for your idea as well.

Report a bug

Using pygada and discovered a bug? That’s annoying! Don’t let others have the same experience and report it as a new issue so we can fix it. A good bug report makes it easier for us to do so, so please include:

  • Your operating system name and version (e.g. Mac OS 10.13.6).

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

  • Detailed steps to reproduce the bug.

Improve the documentation

Noticed a typo on the website? Think a function could use a better example? Good documentation makes all the difference, so your help to improve it is very welcome! Maybe you’ve written a good introduction tutorial or example case, these are typically very popular sections for new users.

The website

This website is generated with Sphinx. That means we don’t have to write any html. Content is pulled together from documentation in the code, notebooks, reStructuredText files and the package conf.py settings. If you know your way around Sphinx, you can propose a file change to improve documentation. If not, report an issue and we can point you in the right direction.

For more technical details about the Sphinx setup of the pygada project, See the Creating the documentation section.

Function documentation

Functions are described as comments near their code and translated to documentation using the numpy docstring standard. If you want to improve a function description:

  1. Go to pygada/ directory in the code repository.

  2. Look for the file with the name of the function.

  3. Propose a file change to update the function documentation in the docstring (in between the triple quotes).

Contribute code

Care to fix bugs or implement new functionality for pygada? Awesome! Have a look at the issue list and leave a comment on the things you want to work on.

Make sure to setup your development environment as explained in the installation instructions for developers. Once setup, check the development guidelines to see ow we develop the pygada package.