Contribute#

Overall guidance on contributing to a PyAnsys library appears in the Contributing topic in the PyAnsys developer’s guide. Ensure that you are thoroughly familiar with this guide before attempting to contribute to the Visualization Interface Tool.

The following contribution information is specific to the Visualization Interface Tool.

Install in developer mode#

Installing the Visualization Interface Tool in developer mode allows you to modify and enhance the source.

To clone and install the latest Visualization Interface Tool release in development mode, run these commands:

git clone https://github.com/ansys/ansys-tools-visualization-interface
cd ansys-tools-visualization-interface
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
pip install -e .

Run tests#

The Visualization Interface Tool uses pytest for testing.

Prior to running tests, you must run this command to install test dependencies:
```
pip install -e .[tests]
```
To then run the tests, navigate to the root directory of the repository and run this command:
```
pytest
```

Adhere to code style#

The Visualization Interface Tool follows the PEP8 standard as outlined in PEP 8 in the PyAnsys developer’s guide and implements style checking using pre-commit.

To ensure your code meets minimum code styling standards, run these commands:

pip install pre-commit
pre-commit run --all-files

You can also install this as a pre-commit hook by running this command:

pre-commit install

This way, it’s not possible for you to push code that fails the style checks:

$ pre-commit install
$ git commit -am "added my cool feature"
black....................................................................Passed
blacken-docs.............................................................Passed
isort....................................................................Passed
flake8...................................................................Passed
docformatter.............................................................Passed
codespell................................................................Passed
pydocstyle...............................................................Passed
check for merge conflicts................................................Passed
debug statements (python)................................................Passed
check yaml...............................................................Passed
trim trailing whitespace.................................................Passed
Add License Headers......................................................Passed
Validate GitHub Workflows................................................Passed

Build the documentation#

You can build the Visualization Interface Tool documentation locally.

Prior to building the documentation, you must run this command to install documentation dependencies:
```
pip install -e .[doc]
```
To then build the documentation, navigate to the docs directory and run this command:
```
# On Linux or macOS
make html

# On Windows
./make.bat html
```

The documentation is built in the docs/_build/html directory.

You can clean the documentation build by running this command:

# On Linux or macOS
make clean

# On Windows
./make.bat clean

Post issues#

Use the Visualization Interface Tool Issues page to report bugs and request new features. When possible, use the issue templates provided. If your issue does not fit into one of these templates, click the link for opening a blank issue.

If you have general questions about the PyAnsys ecosystem, email pyansys.core@ansys.com. If your question is specific to the Visualization Interface Tool, ask your question in an issue as described in the previous paragraph.