Having the setUp next to the definition of a test is in my opinion the way to go (subliminal message for Ben :-)
Alexandre On 19 Aug 2011, at 15:14, Frank Shearar wrote: > On 19 August 2011 14:09, Alexandre Bergel <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi! >> >> I know there are many TDD shoguns around. >> >> I was wondering whether I am the only one suffering from the need to see the >> definition of setUp before writing a test method. Unfortunately, current >> tool does not automatically show the definition of setUp when I want to >> write a new test. >> The cost of seeing how the setUp is done is high: need to open a new window, >> clicking to restore the context on the first window, ... >> >> Am I the only one? > > Nope, I suffer from this problem too. I've been thinking about a more > general problem, that of displaying multiple method definitions in the > same place/window/whatever. > > It seems the solution is two-fold: > * write a widget that can display multiple methods in the same pane, and > * tell the system that you want to see certain methods together. > > In the case of tests, you could always use reflection - you're viewing > a method starting with "test" in a TestCase subclass, so if there's a > setUp method (or series of setUp methods, in the case of overriden > methods), display them together. > > frank > -- _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;.
