Developing and Improving Executables

Build system and how to add dependencies, unit tests, and executables.
Executables and how to add them
Writing SpECTRE executables - A series of tutorials demonstrating how to write a parallel executable, and explaining some of the metaprogramming that turns user-provided code into a SpECTRE parallel executable
Option parsing to get options from input files
Importing data from files
Profiling With Charm++ Projections and PAPI for optimizing performance
Writing Python Bindings to use SpECTRE C++ classes and functions from within python.
Implementing SpECTRE vectors a quick how-to for making new generalizations of DataVectors
How to parse linker and compiler errors
Getting started with improving compilation time and memory use

Having your Contributions Merged into SpECTRE

Writing good documentation is key for long term maintainability of the project.
Writing Unit Tests to catch bugs and to make sure future changes don't cause your code to regress.
Travis CI is used to test every pull request.
Code review guidelines. All code merged into develop must follow these requirements.

Terms with SpECTRE-specific meanings are defined here.

Explanations for TMP concepts and patterns known to the greater C++ community can be found here.

Designed to give the reader an introduction to SpECTRE's most recurring concepts and patterns.

Assumes a thorough familiarity and fluency in SpECTRE's usage of TMP.

Methods for creating custom coordinate maps are discussed here.

Explanations on our automated tests and deployments can be found here.