Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of GSoC/2014/TestingFrameworkForGRASS

Timestamp:

05/18/14 14:23:52 (11 years ago)

Author:

wenzeslaus

Comment:

link existing work mentioned in proposal

GSoC/2014/TestingFrameworkForGRASS

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 == Background ==
 
-There was already several attempts to establish testing infrastructure for GRASS GIS, namely quality assessment and monitoring mailing list which is inactive for several years, then older test suite which was never integrated into GRASS GIS itself, and most recently a test suite proposal which was trying to interpret shell scripts as test cases. Also, an experience with usage of Python doctest at different circumstances shows that this solution is not applicable everywhere.
+There was already several attempts to establish testing infrastructure for GRASS GIS, namely [http://lists.osgeo.org/listinfo/grass-qa quality assessment and monitoring mailing list] which is inactive for several years, then older test suite which was never integrated into GRASS GIS itself, and most recently a [http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Test_Suite test suite proposal] which was trying to interpret shell scripts as test cases. Also, an [source:grass/trunk/raster/r.category/test_rcategory_doctest.txt?rev=58814 experience] with usage of Python [https://docs.python.org/2/library/doctest.html doctest] at different circumstances shows that this solution is not applicable everywhere.
 
 These previous experiences give us a clear idea what is not working (e.g. tests outside main source code), what is overcomplicated (e.g. reimplementing shell) and what is oversimplified (e.g. shell scripts without clear set up and tear down steps), and point us to the direction of an implementation which will be most efficient (general but simple enough), integrated in GRASS source code, and which will be accepted by the GRASS development team. The long preceding discussions also showed what is necessary to have in the testing framework and what should be left out.
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 == The idea ==
 
-The purpose of this project is to develop a general mechanism which would be applicable for testing GRASS modules, libraries or workflows with different data sets. Tests will be part of GRASS main source code, cross-platform, and as easy to write and run as possible. The testing framework will enable the use of different testing data sets because different test cases might need special data. The testing framework will be implemented in Python and based on testing tools included in standard Python distribution (most notably unittest) which will not bring a new dependency but also it will avoid writing everything from scratch. The usage of Makefile system will be limited to triggering the test or tests with the right parameters for particular location in the source tree, everything else will be implemented in Python to ensure maximum re-usability, maintainability, and availability across platforms.
+The purpose of this project is to develop a general mechanism which would be applicable for testing GRASS modules, libraries or workflows with different data sets. Tests will be part of GRASS main source code, cross-platform, and as easy to write and run as possible. The testing framework will enable the use of different testing data sets because different test cases might need special data. The testing framework will be implemented in Python and based on testing tools included in standard Python distribution (most notably [https://docs.python.org/2/library/unittest.html unittest]) which will not bring a new dependency but also it will avoid writing everything from scratch. The usage of Makefile system will be limited to triggering the test or tests with the right parameters for particular location in the source tree, everything else will be implemented in Python to ensure maximum re-usability, maintainability, and availability across platforms.
 
-This project will focus on building infrastructure to test modules, C/C++ libraries (using ctypes interface), and Python libraries. It is expected that testing of Python GUI code will be limited to pure Python parts. The focus will be on the majority of GRASS modules and functionality while special cases such as rendering, creation of locations, external data sources and databases, and downloading of extensions from GRASS Addons will be left for future work. Moreover, this project will not cover tests of graphical user interface, server side automatic testing (e.g. commit hooks), testing using shell scripts or C++/C programs, and testing of internal functions in C/C++ code (e.g. static functions in libraries and functions in modules). Creation of HTML, XML, or other rich outputs will not be completely solved but the implementation will consider the need for a presentation of test results. Finally, writing the tests for particular parts will not be part of this project, however several sample tests for different parts of code, especially modules, will be written to test the testing framework.
+This project will focus on building infrastructure to test modules, C/C++ libraries (using ctypes interface), and Python libraries. It is expected that testing of Python GUI code will be limited to pure Python parts. The focus will be on the majority of GRASS modules and functionality while special cases such as rendering, creation of locations, external data sources and databases, and downloading of extensions from GRASS Addons will be left for future work. Moreover, this project will not cover tests of graphical user interface, server side automatic testing (e.g. commit hooks), using [source:grass/trunk/testsuite/raster/rmapcalc_test.sh?rev=58814 testing shell scripts] or [source:grass/trunk/lib/raster3d/test?rev=58025 C/C++ programs], and testing of internal functions in C/C++ code (e.g. static functions in libraries and functions in modules). Creation of HTML, XML, or other rich outputs will not be completely solved but the implementation will consider the need for a presentation of test results. Finally, writing the tests for particular parts will not be part of this project, however several sample tests for different parts of code, especially modules, will be written to test the testing framework.
 
 == Project plan ==