Documentation for Developers

The information in the following pages are relevant for anyone interesting in contributing to Astropy. In addition, the Overview is a useful guide to the layout of the astropy package.

• Vision for a Common Astronomy Python Package
• Contributing To/Developing Astropy or Affiliated Packages
• Coding Guidelines (Draft)
• Documentation Guidelines (Draft)
• Testing Guidelines (Draft)
• Building, Cython/C Extensions, and Distribution
• Writing Command-Line Scripts
• Sphinx extensions
• Logging for developers