Contributing

If you want to explore the interior of Piccolo API more deeply and help with the project, follow these instructions.

Get the tests running

  • Create a new virtualenv

  • Clone the Git repo

  • cd piccolo_api

  • Install default dependencies: pip install -r requirements/requirements.txt

  • Install development dependencies: pip install -r requirements/dev-requirements.txt

  • Install test dependencies: pip install -r requirements/test-requirements.txt

  • Setup Postgres

  • Run the automated code linting/formatting tools: ./scripts/lint.sh

  • Run the test suite with Postgres: ./scripts/test-postgres.sh

  • Run the test suite with Sqlite: ./scripts/test-sqlite.sh

Contributing to the docs

The docs are written using Sphinx. To get them running locally:

  • Install the requirements: pip install -r requirements/doc-requirements.txt

  • cd docs

  • Do an initial build of the docs: make html

  • Serve the docs: scripts/run-docs.sh

  • The docs will auto rebuild as you make changes.

Code style

Piccolo uses Black for formatting, preferably with a max line length of 79, to keep it consistent with PEP8 .

You can configure VSCode by modifying settings.json as follows:

{
    "python.linting.enabled": true,
    "python.linting.mypyEnabled": true,
    "python.formatting.provider": "black",
    "python.formatting.blackArgs": [
        "--line-length",
        "79"
    ],
    "editor.formatOnSave": true
}

Type hints are used throughout the project.