Pyhelios Development Environment

This repository contains a VS Code devcontainer configuration for working with the PyHelios package in a Miniconda environment.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Docker
• Visual Studio Code
• VS Code Remote - Containers extension

Setup Instructions

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Leaf2Landscape/pyhelios_dev.git
   cd pyhelios_dev

2. Open the folder in VS Code:

   code .

3. When prompted, click "Reopen in Container" or use the Command Palette (F1) and select "Remote-Containers: Reopen in Container".

4. VS Code will build the container and install all dependencies. This may take a few minutes the first time.

Features

• Miniconda-based Python environment
• Helios++ command line tools and PyHelios pre-installed from conda-forge
• Common Python development tools (pylint, autopep8, etc.)
• VS Code configured with appropriate Python extensions and settings

Container Structure

The development container is defined by two files in the .devcontainer directory:

• devcontainer.json: Configures VS Code settings, extensions, and container options
• Dockerfile: Defines the container image based on Miniconda with necessary packages

License

Helios++ is released under GPLv3/LGPLv3 licenses. See the LICENSE.md file in the Helios++ repository for details.

Links

• Official website: https://uni-heidelberg.de/helios
• GitHub repository: https://github.com/3dgeo-heidelberg/helios