OpenAtlas is developed with some standards in mind.

Open source¶

To guaranty that the OpenAtlas application can be shared as open source (GPL 2) make sure that:

Only open source software is used and required
Non-code files are open data, e.g. a CC BY 4.0 license for images
When including 3rd party software or media it is important to:
- Make sure that the license is compatible
- Add a license file if available
- Place them in openatlas/static/vendor

Bugs¶

Of course we do our best to avoid them in the first place but if bugs get apparent they always have the highest priority.

HTML¶

Standard: HTML 5. Exceptions may be acceptable if invalid but harmless HTML 5 is produced by 3rd party libraries.
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Type-/JavaScript¶

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	Version	Setup	Configuration
Eslint	8.35.0	Through npm in relevant projects	.eslintrc	Checks for errors, coding standards and code smells in js/ts code

CSS¶

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Python¶

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Listed below are used standards and tests

	Version	PyCharm	Configuration
PEP 8		integrated		Style guide for Python code
nose tests	1.3.7	integrated	tests/.noserc tests/.coveragerc	Cover Python code using assertions, some parts (e.g. mail) are excluded via # pragma: no cover. Can be run manually with: nosetests3 -c tests/.noserc
Mypy	1.01	plugin Mypy	mypy.ini	Optional static type checker for Python
Pylint	2.16.2	plugin Pylint	.pylintrc	Checks for errors, coding standards and code smells
SonarQube	5		sonar-project.properties	Cumbersome to install (so not mandatory for developers) but interesting code hints. PyCharm plugin exists but doesn't seem to work for Python

Radon can be used to compute various code metrics. Installation: apt install radon. To show e.g. metrics about cyclic complexity: radon cc openatlas

Software packages (Debian)¶

Although pip offers some advantages (e.g more current packages and usable for different installation environments) we prefer packages from the Debian repository for the OpenAtlas backend.
Main reasons concern security, reliability and stability.