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How To Contribute

Thanks for the help! We welcome all contributions to it.

Project Layout​

  • src All the source code for pcl.js, if you want to edit a api or just see how it works this is where you'll find it.
  • website The source code for https://pcljs.org
  • tests You'll do most of your testing in here.
  • core Point Cloud Library (PCL) project source code.

Download and Setup​

  1. fork this repository to your Github, then clone to your local device (If you want to change C++ code, use --recursive for cloning submodules) or use Gitpod, a free online dev environment for GitHub.
git clone https://github.com/luoxuhai/pcl.js --recursive

Or discard most branches and history to clone faster:

git clone https://github.com/luoxuhai/pcl.js --recursive --depth 1 --single-branch --branch master
  1. Install Node LTS
  2. Install the Emscripten SDK (No need to install if you don't change C++ code, such as files under src/bind and core/)

Editing​

  1. Compile PCL(C++), README
  2. Compile WebAssembly if C++ code is changed: npm run dev:wasm or npm run build:wasm
  3. Package JavaScript npm run dev:js or npm run build:js

Testing Your Changes​

  1. Create the test code in the /tests directory (if the file does not already exist, create it with the *.test.ts extension)
  2. If you change the C++ code, you need to run npm run dev:wasm or npm run build:wasm
  3. Run npm run dev:js or npm run build:js to build the test run code
  4. Run npm run test

Updating Documentation​

Our documentation is made with Docusaurus. They are located in the website/docs/ directory.

  1. Open the website/ directory, cd website
  2. Install dependencies npm install or yarn
  3. Start the project npm run start, for Chinese: npm run start:zh
  4. Build the project npm run build to check locally for errors

Writing a Commit Message​

Before you create a Pull Request, please check whether your commits comply with the commit conventions used in this repository.

When you create a commit we kindly ask you to follow the convention category(scope or module): message in your commit message while using one of the following categories:

  • feat: all changes that introduce completely new code or new features
  • fix: changes that fix a bug (ideally you will additionally reference an issue if present)
  • refactor: any code related change that is not a fix nor a feature
  • perf: Code changes to improve performance
  • docs: changing existing or creating new documentation (i.e. README, docs for usage of a lib or cli usage)
  • build: all changes regarding the build of the software, changes to dependencies or the addition of new dependencies
  • test: all changes regarding tests (adding new tests or changing existing ones)
  • style: Changes that do not affect the meaning of the code (whitespace, formatting, missing semicolons, etc.)
  • chore: all changes to the repository that do not fit into any of the above categories

If you are interested in the detailed specification you can visit Conventional Commits or check out the Angular Commit Message Guidelines.

Command introduction​

  • npm run build:pcl compile PCL to WebAssembly static library
  • npm run dev:js to package a debug version of JavaScript code
  • npm run dev:wasm to compile PCL's WebAssembly + src/bind to WebAssembly debug build
  • npm run dev simultaneously packages JavaScript and compiles PCL for development use
  • npm run build:js to package the production version of JavaScript code
  • npm run build:wasm to compile PCL's WebAssembly + src/bind to WebAssembly production build
  • npm run build bundles JavaScript and compiles PCL at the same time, ready for production use
  • npm run lint to check code style
  • npm run test to run tests. (Be sure to run npm run dev:js or npm run build:js before running tests)