To get started developing on talib, clone the latest code from git and

install:

```

$ git clone git://github.com/ta-lib/ta-lib-python.git

$ cd ta-lib-python

# you can run "git pull" here (no quotes) to update the sources in the future

$ make build

$ [sudo] make install

```

Here's the full list of make commands (see the Makefile file):

make build # builds and places libs in the project directory; required for testing

make clean # cleans the local build files

make install # installs talib system-wide

make generate: # generates a fresh _func.pxi, _stream.pxi file. Requires talib and TA-Lib to both be installed

make perf # run performance profiling

make test # run tests

The source code is comprised of one python package, located in the talib

directory, which itself has one Cython module (_ta_lib) which consists of

four parts: _common, _func, _abstract and _stream.

talib/_common.pxi

An internal-use file for functionality shared between func and abstract.

talib/_func.pxi

This file is generated automatically by tools/generate_func.py and any changes made

to it directly will get overwritten!

talib/_abstract.pxi

This file contains the code for interfacing with the TA-Lib abstract interface

and wrapping it into a pythonic Function class.

talib/_ta_lib.pyx

This "Cython header file" defines the C-level functions, variables and types we

need to use in the above pyx files.

talib/_stream.pxi

This file contains code for interfacing a "streaming" interface to TA-Lib.

tools/generate_func.py,generate_stream.py

Scripts that generate and print _func.pxi or _stream.pxi to stdout. Gets information

about all functions from the C headers of the installed TA-Lib.

If you are interested in developing new indicator functions or whatnot on

the underlying TA-Lib, you must install TA-Lib from git.