development

Github

We develop python-snap7 on github. If you have any problems with python-snap7 please raise an issue in the issue tracker. Even better is if you have a solution to problem! In that case you can make our live easier by following these steps:

  • fork our repository on github
  • Add a tests that will fail because of the problem
  • Fix the problem
  • Run the test suite again
  • Commit to your repository
  • Issue a github pullrequest.

Also we try to be as much pep8 compatible as possible, where possible and reasonable.

Test suite

python-snap7 comes with a test suite with 100% coverage. This test suite verifies that the code actually works and makes development much easier. To run all tests please run from the source:

$ ./run_tests.sh

Note that some tests require to run as root, since snap7 needs to bind on a privileged TCP port.

If the test complain about missing Python modules make sure the source directory is in your PYTHONPATH environment variable, or the python-snap7 module is installed.

Credits

python-snap7 is created by Gijs Molenaar and Stephan Preeker.

Special thanks to go to Davide Nardella for creating snap7, Thomas Hergenhahn for his libnodave and Thomas W for his S7comm wireshark plugin.