Use requirements.txt, add pytype, add use of temporary directories in…

[anarkiwi]

… tests, add example cert instructions.

[anarkiwi]

Thanks Bob. How about 2 PRs, one that has only changes to agenttest.py and another that adds requirements.txt etc?

Re .gitignore - it's true, this does accumulate stuff over time - I guess as different people have different environments and different IDEs etc. I can optimize it for today for sure, but I don't know a way to ensure it stays small over time?

[gizmoguy]

Regarding gitignore, you probably just want to use the Github default one for python and then delete all the sections we don't use (Jupyter, ipython, sphinx etc):

https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/master/Python.gitignore

[anarkiwi]

OK, I followed your recommendation and used the github one.

I guess could optimize it down but is that a long term maintainability issue as things come and go in this repo?

[gizmoguy]

I think you can safely remove the following sections from the .gitignore:

• PyInstaller
• Django stuff
• Flask stuff
• Scrapy stuff
• Sphinx documentation
• PyBuilder
• Jupyter Notebook
• IPython
• Celery stuff
• SageMath parsed files
• Spyder project settings
• Rope project settings
• mkdocs documentation
• mypy
• Pyre type checker
• Cython debug symbols

[anarkiwi]

OK, I made some changes to gitignore.

I can slice the PR some different ways if that's a blocker - e.g. agenttest.py only, other changes only?

[gizmoguy]

Yip slice it up into a few different PRs to make it easier to review, I think one for:

• adding requirements.txt
• adding .gitignore
• adding pytype
• updating docs
• using temp directories in the tests

[anarkiwi]

OK I will close this 1 PR and create 5 new PRs.

[anarkiwi]

6 apologies I counted incorrectly.