Cookiecutter Chemios

This is a template for chemios instrument drivers. Each driver is for a type of instrument (e.g., pumps, temperature controllers, etc.).

This repository is a cookiecutter template. So, you fill out a quick command line form to generate a pre-scaffolded repo for your driver.

Below are some basic instructions to get you started. You can find more detailed documenation here.

Structure of a Chemios Driver

Each chemios driver contains a base.py file. This file contains an abstract base class that models the interface of all instruments of that type.

Take the temperature controlller driver, for example:

chemios_tc/
    __init__.py
    chemios_tc_base.py #Contains base class for temperature controllers
    cli.py #Commnad line interface file
    utils.py #Utilities
.github  #Template for pull requests

Installation

This assumes you have python 3.0 or above and git installed.

1. Install cookiecutter using pip:

   pip install -U cookiecutter

2. To create a new cookiecutter, run the following commands. You will be prompted at the command line for information needed to create the new driver repository.

   cookiecutter https://github.com/Chemios/cookiecutter-chemios
   cookiecutter cookiecutter-chemios

3. Once you've created the repository, change into the directory and initialize git:

   git init
   git add -A
   git commit -am "Initial Commit"

4. Then create a new repository on github (without a license or readme) and copy the https link. Run the following command at your command line:

   git remote add origin <link_to_repository>
   git push -u origin master

Now your driver is ready to use and synced to github.