Getting started =============== Working on ``cryptography`` requires the installation of a small number of development dependencies in addition to the dependencies for :doc:`/installation`. These are listed in ``dev-requirements.txt`` and they can be installed in a `virtualenv`_ using `pip`_. Once you've installed the dependencies, install ``cryptography`` in ``editable`` mode. For example: .. code-block:: console $ # Create a virtualenv and activate it $ pip install --requirement dev-requirements.txt $ pip install --editable . You will also need to install ``enchant`` using your system's package manager to check spelling in the documentation. You are now ready to run the tests and build the documentation. Running tests ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ``cryptography`` unit tests are found in the ``tests/`` directory and are designed to be run using `pytest`_. `pytest`_ will discover the tests automatically, so all you have to do is: .. code-block:: console $ py.test ... 62746 passed in 220.43 seconds This runs the tests with the default Python interpreter. You can also verify that the tests pass on other supported Python interpreters. For this we use `tox`_, which will automatically create a `virtualenv`_ for each supported Python version and run the tests. For example: .. code-block:: console $ tox ... ERROR: py26: InterpreterNotFound: python2.6 py27: commands succeeded ERROR: pypy: InterpreterNotFound: pypy ERROR: py32: InterpreterNotFound: python3.2 py33: commands succeeded docs: commands succeeded pep8: commands succeeded You may not have all the required Python versions installed, in which case you will see one or more ``InterpreterNotFound`` errors. Explicit backend selection ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ While testing you may want to run tests against a subset of the backends that cryptography supports. Explicit backend selection can be done via the ``--backend`` flag. This flag should be passed to ``py.test`` with a comma delimited list of backend names. .. code-block:: console $ tox -- --backend=openssl $ py.test --backend=openssl,commoncrypto Building documentation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ``cryptography`` documentation is stored in the ``docs/`` directory. It is written in `reStructured Text`_ and rendered using `Sphinx`_. Use `tox`_ to build the documentation. For example: .. code-block:: console $ tox -e docs ... docs: commands succeeded congratulations :) The HTML documentation index can now be found at ``docs/_build/html/index.html``. .. _`pytest`: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytest .. _`tox`: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/tox .. _`virtualenv`: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv .. _`pip`: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip .. _`sphinx`: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Sphinx .. _`reStructured Text`: http://sphinx-doc.org/rest.html