TestingSuite

Unit Test Package

We are using the nose python software package, which extends the built in python unit test package.

To install nose from the command line (must have setup tools installed): easy_install nose

How to write tests

Nose Documentation

Nose uses a regex that recognizes test_ and Test_ to find what it needs to run.

Basically:

• Put all tests in the \test sub-folder
• Name test python files with something that starts with test_
• `import nose.tools' should be used to make sure nose is included.
• Write functions that start with test_ that you want to be run.
• Each function should have an assert line, where the answer the function gets should be compared with the 'known answer'
• All data needed to run the tests should be included in the testData sub-folder