Development

As the code for ChatterBot is written, the developers attempt to describe the logic and reasoning for the various decisions that go into creating the internal structure of the software. This internal documentation is intended for future developers and maintainers of the project. A majority of this information is unnecessary for the typical developer using ChatterBot.

It is not always possible for every idea to be documented. As a result, the need may arise to question the developers and maintainers of this project in order to pull concepts from their minds and place them in these documents. Please pull gently.

• Contributing to ChatterBot
  • Setting Up a Development Environment
  • Reporting a Bug
  • Requesting New Features
  • Contributing Documentation
  • Contributing Code
• Releasing ChatterBot
  • Versioning
  • Release Process
• Release Notes
• Unit Testing
  • ChatterBot tests
  • Django integration tests
  • Django example app tests
  • Benchmark tests
  • Running tests
  • Testing documentation builds
• Packaging your code for ChatterBot
  • Package directory structure

Suggested Development Tools

To help developers work with ChatterBot and projects built using it, the following tools are suggested. Keep in mind that none of these are required, but this list has been assembled because it is often useful to have a tool or technology recommended by people who have experience using it.

Text Editors

Visual Studio Code

Website: https://code.visualstudio.com/

I find Visual Studio Code to be an optimally light-weight

and versatile editor.

~ Gunther Cox

Database Clients

Sqlectron

Sadly this cross-platform database client is no longer being maintained

by it’s creator. Regardless, I still use it frequently and I find its

interface to be highly convenient and user friendly.

~ Gunther Cox

Website: https://sqlectron.github.io/

Nosqlclient

This is a very versatile client for Mongo DB, and other non-relational databases.

~ Gunther Cox

Website: https://www.nosqlclient.com/

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