# Development contributions

We like pull requests from everyone. By participating in this project, you
agree to follow the code of conduct below

[code of conduct](https://github.com/1technophile/OpenMQTTGateway/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)

[code style guide](https://google.github.io/styleguide/cppguide.html#Formatting)
So as to format automaticaly your document you have to add the "clang-Format" extension to VSCode, once done, you can format the code by doing a right click into the code file window and clicking "Format document".

Fork the [development branch](https://github.com/1technophile/OpenMQTTGateway/tree/development), then clone the repo

Make your modification,
* If you want to add a new gateway, name it `ZgatewayXXX`, `XXX` replaced by your gateway communication type, can be more than three letters
* If you want to add a new sensor, name it `ZsensorYYY`, `YYY` replaced by your sensor type, can be more than three letters
* If you want to add a new actuator, name it `ZactuatorZZZ`, `ZZZ` replaced by your actuator type, can be more than three letters

Review your code, compile it for Arduino Uno, ESP32 and ESP8266

Test it locally on your hardware config

Emit a pull request

Verify the GitHub Actions CI compilation results

Request for review

We may suggest some changes, improvements or alternatives.

Some things that will increase the chance that your pull request is accepted:
* Comment your code,
* Ask eventually for design guidelines,
* Write a [good commit message][commit].

[commit]: http://tbaggery.com/2008/04/19/a-note-about-git-commit-messages.html