Developer’s Guide

Welcome to the OpenMC Developer’s Guide! This guide documents how contributions are made to OpenMC, what style rules exist for the code, how to run tests, and other related topics.

• 1. Contributing to OpenMC
  • 1.1. Overview
  • 1.2. Terminology
  • 1.3. Contribution Process
  • 1.4. Becoming a Committer
  • 1.5. TC Process
  • 1.6. Leadership Team
  • 1.7. Next Steps
• 2. Development Workflow
  • 2.1. Overview
  • 2.2. Code Review Criteria
  • 2.3. Contributing
  • 2.4. Private Development
  • 2.5. Working in “Development” Mode
• 3. Style Guide for OpenMC
  • 3.1. C++
  • 3.2. Python
• 4. Test Suite
  • 4.1. Prerequisites
  • 4.2. Running Tests
  • 4.3. Generating XML Inputs
  • 4.4. Adding Tests to the Regression Suite
• 5. Making User Input Changes
• 6. Building Sphinx Documentation
  • 6.1. Building Documentation as a Webpage
  • 6.2. Building Documentation as a PDF
• 7. Deployment with Docker