On 10/31/06, Andrew Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
(responding to essentially the entire thread) I've been following the Biopython project for a few years, and in my mind this project is a reasonable example of how unit tests in python can be used. The Biopython tests are organised like: Tests/test_Fred.py with all tests in one directory, separate from the modules that are being tested, and using the naming scheme that Gary suggests. They also hold any data required for input/comparison for the tests in subdirectories under the Tests directory, named module-wise like: Tests/Fred/fred_input_data_001.dat Tests/Fred/fred_input_data_002.dat Biopython doesn't seem to have much in the way of the higher level system/regression-style tests, due to the nature of that project being a mostly a collection of small modules, as far as I can tell they don't require testing of higher level 'protocols' which such as relax uses. As far as running the test suite (ie parsing directories for test_Fred.py files and running them) .. here's a link to the Biopython code that does just that (clean-room warning: link is to BSD-ish licensed code :) ): http://cvs.biopython.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/viewcvs.cgi/biopython/Tests/run_tests.py?rev=1.7&cvsroot=biopython&content-type=ext/vnd.viewcvs-markup It even uses the unittestgui with the all-important 'green line', that goes red if any test fails :) So, if I understand correctly, the plan is to have the test_suite with something like: test_suite/unit_tests (for the real module-wise unit tests, using Pythons unittest module) and test_suite/system_tests (which is closer to what is in the current test_suite, and could be at the same high level as the users scripts in sample_scripts. Eventually the existing tests can be modified to use the unittest framework for verifying 'correctness' of operation).
That's a great summary of the thread. As the 1.2 line is now in maintenance mode, these modifications should go into the 1.3 line. I have therefore created the branch of the 1.3 line located at 'branches/test_suite' within the repository (http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/relax/) for the changes. The unittest GUI would probably be quite useful. The green bar feature is pretty cool. However it would be best to wait until the function/system tests use enough of the unittest framework so that the entire test suite can run through this TK GUI. You could then run 'relax --test-suite' and have the GUI pop up. Cheers, Edward _______________________________________________ relax (http://nmr-relax.com) This is the relax-devel mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list, get a password reminder, or change your subscription options, visit the list information page at https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/relax-devel
