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:''This page contains links to pages of interest to Octave developers.''


==Getting started==
= 💡 Getting started 🔰 =
* [[Developer FAQ]]
* [[Developer FAQ]] -- Start here.
* [[Contribution guidelines]] for Octave
* [[Contribution guidelines]] for Octave
** [[C++ style guide]]
** [[C++ style guide]]
** [[Octave style guide]]
** [[Octave style guide]]
* [[Contributing to the development of packages/modules]]
** [[Help text style guide]]
* [[Octave's file types]]
** [[Commit message guidelines]]
* [[Easy projects]]


== [[:Category:Project_Ideas|Project ideas]] and work in progess ==
= 🔬 Octave development =
* [[Easy projects]]
* [[GSoC Project Ideas]]
* [[Projects]] -- Many things that would be nice to have done.  Not classified into things done or not done in Matlab.  (Is that a project in itself?)
** [[Classdef]]
** [[Java interface]]
** [[JIT]]


== Tools ==
: {{Note|'''Attend our next [[meet | Online Developer Meeting]]''' 🙂💬 (See [[:Category:Meetings | all previous meetings]])}}


* [[Mercurial]] -- version control scheme.
== 🛠️ [[:Category:Building|Building]] ==
* [[MXE]] -- cross-compiling to Windows or OSX.
* [[Doxygen]] -- "Literate programming" documentation generator.


* gdb -- debugger.  Useful to obtain stack traces.
* [[Building]] -- General information how to build Octave from source.
* valgrind -- memory leak detector, profiler etc.
** [[Building on Microsoft Windows]]
* [https://ccache.samba.org/ ccache] -- cache compilation across builds.
** [[Building on Ubuntu Virtual Machine]]
* [[Continuous Build]] -- Check changes with [https://buildbot.net/ Buildbot].
* [[MXE]] -- Cross-compiling to MS Windows.
* [[Enable large arrays: Build octave such that it can use arrays larger than 2Gb.|Large array support]]


==Bugs and testing==
=== 🔧 Tools ===
* [[Status of bugs]]
 
* [[Bug Fix List - 4.0 Release]]
* [[Mercurial]] -- How to use Octave's version control scheme, creating patches (changesets).
* [[Debugging Octave]], particularly using .oct files and gdb
* [[Doxygen]] -- Documentation for C++ files
* [[Finding Memory Leaks]]
* [https://ccache.samba.org/ ccache] -- How to faster compile Octave.
* [[Add BIST tests for octave functions written in C++]]
* [[:Category:Editors|Editors]] -- A list of editors supporting Octave syntax highlighting.
 
== ⚖️ [[:Category:Testing|Testing]] ==
 
* [[Tests]]
* [[BIST for m-files]]
* [[BIST for m-files]]
* [[Add BIST tests for octave functions written in C++|BIST for C++ files]]
== 🐞 Debugging ==
* [[Debugging Octave]] -- How to use [https://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/ gdb] to obtain stack traces.
* [[Finding Memory Leaks]] -- How to use [https://www.valgrind.org/ valgrind].
== 🎉 [[:Category:Releases|Releasing]] ==
* The next minor release will be '''GNU Octave 9.3.0''' (a few months major release).
* The next major release will be [[9.1 Release Checklist | '''GNU Octave 10.1.0''']] (beginning of 2025).
* [[Release History]]
* [[:Category:Releases|Old release checklists]]
* "Nightly" Octave releases on https://nightly.octave.org
== 🎯 Goals for upcoming releases ==
As discussed in the [[Online Developer Meeting (2020-10-27)]], this wiki section is for a list of possible goals for the next release.  Although anyone may edit the wiki, '''this section is intended for active developers, not a place to dump wishlist items or feature requests'''.  Please create a subsection for your ideas/priorities.
=== jwe priorities ===
:''See also [[JWE Project Ideas]] for additional info about some of these items.''
==== Large New Features ====
* Compatible arguments block ([https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=59405 some work has been done]; need to execute actions when functions are called)
* Compatible local functions
* Compatible string class
** Define class itself ([[https://github.com/apjanke/octave-tablicious/inst initial implementation]?)
** Construct strings objects from double quoted strings (painful transition).
* Compatible table class ([https://github.com/apjanke/octave-tablicious initial implementation]?)
* Create a low-level interface to HDF5 functions
** Support Matlab's HDF5-based MAT file format using the proposed low-level interface to HDF5 functions
** Allow all types of function handles to be saved and loaded
** Allow [[classdef]] objects to be saved and loaded
* Make import feature work
==== Internal Improvements ====
* Refactor/rewrite code for handling load path
* Refactor/rewrite exist and which functions
* Refactor function objects
* Refactor broadcasting and make it work for sparse matrices
* Replace the [[GUI terminal widget|terminal widget in the GUI]]
* Write stack-based byte-code interpreter that doesn't result in deeply nested function calls to evaluate code
* JIT compiler
* Move more code inside octave namespace
* Eliminate mutable class data where possible
* Eliminate singleton objects
* Use classdef for handle graphics?
==== Other ====
* Bug fixes, especially those related to compatibility issues
* Work through the open bug reports for which patches have been submitted - review/apply/reject and close as many of these reports as possible
= 💡 [[:Category:Project_Ideas|Project ideas]] and work in progress =


==Code sprints==
* [[Short projects]] -- Good starting point to get into the Octave development.
* [[2015 Code Sprint]]
* [[Summer of Code - Getting Started]] -- Ideas page for GSoC, SOCIS, ... projects.
* [[Code sprint Zurich]]
* [[Projects]] -- Many things that would be nice to have done.
** [[Classdef]] -- Define own data types using <code>classdef</code>.
** [[JIT]] -- Just in time compiler for Octave.
** [[GUI terminal widget]] -- Ideas about a new improved terminal widget.
** [[International Characters Support]] -- Using Octave in your own language.
** [[Pythonic]] -- Calling Python functions directly from Octave.


==Release procedures==
= Other =
* [[Release Checklist]]


==Other==
* [[Hacking]]
* [[Project Infrastructure]]
* [[Project Infrastructure]]


[[Category:Contents]]
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Latest revision as of 19:31, 28 June 2024

This page contains links to pages of interest to Octave developers.

💡 Getting started 🔰[edit]

🔬 Octave development[edit]

🛠️ Building[edit]

🔧 Tools[edit]

  • Mercurial -- How to use Octave's version control scheme, creating patches (changesets).
  • Doxygen -- Documentation for C++ files
  • ccache -- How to faster compile Octave.
  • Editors -- A list of editors supporting Octave syntax highlighting.

⚖️ Testing[edit]

🐞 Debugging[edit]

🎉 Releasing[edit]

🎯 Goals for upcoming releases[edit]

As discussed in the Online Developer Meeting (2020-10-27), this wiki section is for a list of possible goals for the next release. Although anyone may edit the wiki, this section is intended for active developers, not a place to dump wishlist items or feature requests. Please create a subsection for your ideas/priorities.

jwe priorities[edit]

See also JWE Project Ideas for additional info about some of these items.

Large New Features[edit]

  • Compatible arguments block (some work has been done; need to execute actions when functions are called)
  • Compatible local functions
  • Compatible string class
    • Define class itself ([initial implementation?)
    • Construct strings objects from double quoted strings (painful transition).
  • Compatible table class (initial implementation?)
  • Create a low-level interface to HDF5 functions
    • Support Matlab's HDF5-based MAT file format using the proposed low-level interface to HDF5 functions
    • Allow all types of function handles to be saved and loaded
    • Allow classdef objects to be saved and loaded
  • Make import feature work

Internal Improvements[edit]

  • Refactor/rewrite code for handling load path
  • Refactor/rewrite exist and which functions
  • Refactor function objects
  • Refactor broadcasting and make it work for sparse matrices
  • Replace the terminal widget in the GUI
  • Write stack-based byte-code interpreter that doesn't result in deeply nested function calls to evaluate code
  • JIT compiler
  • Move more code inside octave namespace
  • Eliminate mutable class data where possible
  • Eliminate singleton objects
  • Use classdef for handle graphics?

Other[edit]

  • Bug fixes, especially those related to compatibility issues
  • Work through the open bug reports for which patches have been submitted - review/apply/reject and close as many of these reports as possible

💡 Project ideas and work in progress[edit]

Other[edit]