heya,
I heard some talk here from PyDev team that they employ unit testing, i
wanted to hear some experiences on that topic.
The problem now is that i got quite a bunch of code piling up, and
refactoring parts of that is nearly impossible as with python you can't
really just compile and be sure that at least method calls and variables
all point to valid data. this applies to most self.method(),
self.variable, functionArgument.methodOrVariable, etc.
in some places, i went with assertion calls in the code to make sure
that at least parameters being passed in are of a valid type, but what i
really want - and don't really even imagine how to do that in maya
environment - is using automatic testing.
the problem is, most of my code is "create or modify something in the
scene" rigging utilities, e.g., create ik/fk/elbowik setup, calculate
corrective shape, calculate blendshape inbetweens for smooth
interpolation. the only way i see to test them is to actually load
sample scene, execute the code, then SOMEHOW test validity of the
created data.
Anyway, the short version the question: what kind of automated testing
you guys have used, how that works, and what are cons and pros?
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