Developer notes old

Additional compilation steps

To enable the automated tests, install the google test library:

sudo apt-get install libgtest-dev
sudo apt-get install lcov
sudo sudo gem install coveralls-lcov

Change the cmake step in the installation instructions to the following:

cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG -DENABLE_TESTS=ON -DGTEST_DIR=/usr/src/gtest

where /usr/src/gtest is the location of the google test library code.

Adding new methods

Here is a recipe for adding a new calibration method called MyMethod:

1. Create src/Calibrator/MyMethod.h and src/Calibrator/MyMethod.cpp. You can base the files on one of the other calibrators. Make sure the class name is CalibratorMyMethod. The header file should have the include guards:

    #ifndef CALIBRATOR_MY_METHOD_H
    #define CALIBRATOR_MY_METHOD_H

2. Follow the instructions in src/Calibrator/Calibrator.h on what methods you must implement.
3. Add #include "MyScheme.h" at the bottom of Calibrator.h.
4. Define how your method is instantiated inside the getScheme function in src/Calibrator/Calibrator.cpp:

    else if(iName == "myMethod") {
      CalibratorMyMethod* c = new CalibratorMyMethod(Variable::getType(variable));
    }

5. Add the following to src/Driver/Gridpp.cpp so that the description of your method shows up in gridpp's usage information:

    std::cout << CalibratorMyMethod::description();

Debugging

gridpp can be compiled with debugging symbols by executing make gridpp_debug. The executable gridpp_debug can then be used by a debugger such as gdb.

Parallelization

Add openMP directives where it makes sense to parallelize. Ensure that any data retrival calls (e.g. calls to File::getField) are made before the directives otherwise a runtime error occurs.

Testing of code

All test code is placed in src/Testing. Use one file for each class. To test your newly added class create a test file called src/Testing/CalibratorMyMethod.cpp. Follow the format in the other test files. Aim to test your class thoroughly. There is a test file located in testing/files/10x10.nc. You can test that your calibration produces results as expected on data in this file.

To check how much of the code is tested you can run the following in the top of the repository:

make coverage

Open coverage/index.html in the browser to see the coverage results.

Releasing a new version

1. Commit your changes.
2. Determine the new tag. Use "git tag" to find the latest tag and increment according to http://semver.org/. The tag should be in the form v0.1.1.
3. Edit src/Version.h to indicate the new version (without the v-prefix). This value is used by gridpp --version.
4. Update the debian changelog by putting in the version number and filling in a description of the new release.

dch -i

5. Run the test suite and make sure there are no failures. The tests should be rerun here in case editing srs/Version.h caused compile errors.

make test

6. Commit the release information

git commit debian/changelog src/Version.h

7. Tag the version in git (using the previously determined tag)

git tag <tag including the v-prefix>

7. Push the release to the repository

git push --tags origin master