Re: [Fofredux-devel] unit tests

[Kevin <ke...@dr...>]

Andrew Turner (nilspace) wrote:

>Only concerned that we haven't done it yet and more often. ;)
>
>I think this is an excellent idea. It had crossed my mind, but got
>pushed back. Thanks for putting this together. I assume we can write
>tests for all the major functionality: adding, removing, viewing
>feeds, generated OPML, generated RSS (future feature)?
>  
>
FoFr is a small project, but it can still benefit from unit testing.  It 
makes heavy use of functions to organize the backend code.(see also: "a 
good thing")  This type of code organization makes it easier to test.

I figured each fof function will have it's own test case class.  I've 
already created one for fof_content_sanitize().

Question: Should the tests be included in code releases?   I don't see 
the benefit in that.  I figure they will just live in the CVS repository 
for developers to use. 

>I haven't seen SimpleTest before, I'll make sure to check it out.
>  
>
The two choices are SimpleTest and PHPUnit.  I've only ever used 
SimpleTest.  I gave the list a heads up in case someone wanted to pipe 
up with compelling reasons to use PHPUnit instead.  If no one has 
objections, I'll commit what I have.