version 1.0.13b

Author: FoleyLab

.gitignore

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 .ipynb_checkpoints/
 .DS_Store
 __pycache__/
+wptherml/__pycache__/
+wptherml/datalib/__pycache__/
+wptherml/numlib/__pycache__/
 .Python
 build/
 develop-eggs/

README.md

@@ -16,10 +16,17 @@ on Windows, Mac, or Linux platforms
    * `git clone https://github.com/FoleyLab/wptherml.git`
    * `cd wptherml`
    * `python setup.py install`
+
+- To run unit tests from cloned repository:
+   * `cd test`
+   * `python -m pytest test.py`
+
+- The test script for running unit tests can be downloaded [here](https://github.com/FoleyLab/wptherml/blob/master/example/test/test.py)
 
 - To install with pip:
    * `pip install wptherml`
-   
+
+
 - Open a new .py file in your favorite text editor or IDE, e.g.
 
 `vim example.py`
@@ -347,3 +354,23 @@ def find_spp(wavelength_index)
 def find_pa()
 ```
 {: .language-python}
+
+## Extending the multilayer class
+
+The multilayer class should provide a convenient mechanism for extension of the package to include 
+additional applications (which might require different manipulations of the Fresnel 
+quantities stored as the attributes self.reflectivity_array, self.emissivity_array, 
+self.transmissivity_array, or the thermal emission stored as the attribute 
+self.thermal_emission_array), or to include different classes of structures 
+(non-planar structures, for example, where the same attributes self.reflectivity_array, etc., 
+would be computed by a different method than the transfer matrix method).  The typical 
+workflow to extend the capabilities of the package could include
+
+- Identifying any new properties that will be computed by the 
+extension and adding appropriate attributes to the multilayer class
+- Adding one or more functions to the libraries (stpvlib, etc.) 
+that manipulates the Fresnel and/or thermal emission quantites as 
+required to compute the new desired property
+- Adding one or more multilayer methods to call the new library functions 
+and store the resulting data in new or existing multilayer attributes as appropriate.
+