setting up a development environment

Set up a development environment for writing and testing code.

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Setting Up a Development Environment

Use a reproducible, project-local environment and install NiMARE in editable mode so code changes are immediately available when running tests or examples.

Creating or reusing an environment

Prefer a local virtual environment (e.g., .venv) in the repository root; reuse it if it already exists.
Use a supported Python version (>=3.10) consistent with docs/installation.rst.
If no .venv exists, create and activate one:
bash
```
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
```
When installing dependencies, try uv pip install ... first to keep installs fast and deterministic.
If uv is unavailable or fails, fall back to .venv/bin/python -m pip install ....

Installing NiMARE for development

Install NiMARE in editable mode with all extras so tests and docs can run:
bash
```
uv pip install -e .[all]
```
If that fails or uv is not installed, use:
bash
```
.venv/bin/python -m pip install -e .[all]
```
Confirm the environment by importing NiMARE and running a small command, for example:
bash
```
python -c "import nimare; print(nimare.__version__)"
```