Develop Toss

Preparation

If you want to develop Toss on Ubuntu, here is a command with a list of packages to install.
sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev m4 libopenmpi-dev xsltproc phantomjs g++
To develop Toss on MacOSX, we recommend to install MacPorts (Xcode required) and do the following.
sudo port install zlib m4 openmpi-devel libxslt phantomjs
On other systems you can compile from sources. Get these programs.
M4, zLib, Open MPI, and optionally xsltproc and phantomjs

Compilation

Install OPAM and then do:
opam install menhir; opam install js_of_ocaml; opam install mpi
This command will checkout the Toss SVN Repository to the Toss directory.
svn checkout svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/toss/code-0/trunk/Toss Toss
To be able to commit you need an account at SourceForge and the following command to check out.
svn checkout --username=your-sf-username svn+ssh://your-sf-username@svn.code.sf.net/p/toss/code-0/trunk/Toss Toss
In the Toss directory run make and check that it succeeds. (Complete the preparation steps above first!)

Tutorials

Visit try.ocamlpro.com to refresh your basic OCaml skills.
Go through our Mini OCaml Tutorial to see how we organise OCaml code in general.
In the Toss Code Basics Tutorial you will learn to code basic operations with Toss.

Understanding Toss

Create at least one simple game to get started.
Get acquainted with the Toss documentation.
Do not forget to read the reference.pdf document.
When you start looking at the code, you might find the interface documentation handy.
Skim through the papers and talks about Toss to get an idea where the ideas come from.

Working with the Toss Team

If you have an idea for Toss, a request, want to become a developer or just want to talk, contact us! Most engaged Toss developers do respond to Toss questions on their private emails every day (see below), but toss-devel is the place we prefer.

Toss Mailing List: toss-devel [AT] lists.sourceforge.net
Łukasz Kaiser: lukaszkaiser [AT] gmail.com
Łukasz Stafiniak: lukstafi [AT] gmail.com