certbot/docs/project.rst

The Let's Encrypt Client Project

Hacking

In order to start hacking, you will first have to create a development environment:

./venv/bin/python setup.py dev

The code base, including your pull requests, must have 100% test statement coverage and be compliant with the coding-style.

The following tools are there to help you:

• ./venv/bin/tox starts a full set of tests. Please make sure you run it before submitting a new pull request.
• ./venv/bin/tox -e cover checks the test coverage only.
• ./venv/bin/tox -e lint checks the style of the whole project, while ./venv/bin/pylint --rcfile=.pylintrc file will check a single file only.

Coding style

Please:

1. Be consistent with the rest of the code.

2. Read PEP 8 - Style Guide for Python Code.

3. Follow the Google Python Style Guide, with the exception that we use Sphinx-style documentation:

   def foo(arg):
       """Short description.
   
       :param int arg: Some number.
   
       :returns: Argument
       :rtype: int
   
       """
       return arg

4. Remember to use ./venv/bin/pylint.

Updating the Documentation

In order to generate the Sphinx documentation, run the following commands.

cd docs
make clean html SPHINXBUILD=../venv/bin/sphinx-build

This should generate documentation in the docs/_build/html directory.