edan_f0/docs/source/internals/contributing/running-tests.rst

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Test suite
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Running tests
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Oscar uses a nose_ testrunner which can be invoked using::

    $ ./runtests.py

.. _nose: http://nose.readthedocs.org/en/latest/

To run a subset of tests, you can use filesystem or module paths.  These two
commands will run the same set of tests::

    $ ./runtests.py tests/unit/order
    $ ./runtests.py tests.unit.order

To run an individual test class, use one of::

    $ ./runtests.py tests/unit/order:TestSuccessfulOrderCreation
    $ ./runtests.py tests.unit.order:TestSuccessfulOrderCreation

(Note the ':'.)

To run an individual test, use one of::

    $ ./runtests.py tests/unit/order:TestSuccessfulOrderCreation.test_creates_order_and_line_models
    $ ./runtests.py tests.unit.order:TestSuccessfulOrderCreation.test_creates_order_and_line_models

Testing against different setups
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To run all tests against multiple versions of Django and Python, use tox_::

    $ tox

You need to have all Python interpreters to test against installed on your 
system. All other requirements are downloaded automatically.

.. _tox: http://tox.readthedocs.org/en/latest/

Kinds of tests
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Tests are split into 3 folders:

* unit - These are for tests that exercise a single unit of functionality, like
  a single model.  Ideally, these should not write to the database at all - all
  operations should be in memory.

* integration - These are for tests that exercise a collection or chain of
  units, like testing a template tag.  

* functional - These should be as close to "end-to-end" as possible.  Most of
  these tests should use WebTest to simulate the behaviour of a user browsing
  the site.

Naming tests
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Oscar's testrunner uses the progressive_ plugin when running all tests, but uses
the spec_ plugin when running a subset.  It is a good practice to name your test
cases and methods so that the spec output reads well.  For example::

    $ ./runtests.py tests/unit/offer/benefit_tests.py:TestAbsoluteDiscount
    nosetests --verbosity 1 tests/unit/offer/benefit_tests.py:TestAbsoluteDiscount -s -x --with-spec
    Creating test database for alias 'default'...

    Absolute discount
    - consumes all lines for multi item basket cheaper than threshold
    - consumes all products for heterogeneous basket
    - consumes correct quantity for multi item basket more expensive than threshold
    - correctly discounts line
    - discount is applied to lines
    - gives correct discount for multi item basket cheaper than threshold
    - gives correct discount for multi item basket more expensive than threshold
    - gives correct discount for multi item basket with max affected items set
    - gives correct discount for single item basket cheaper than threshold
    - gives correct discount for single item basket equal to threshold
    - gives correct discount for single item basket more expensive than threshold
    - gives correct discounts when applied multiple times
    - gives correct discounts when applied multiple times with condition
    - gives no discount for a non discountable product
    - gives no discount for an empty basket

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    Ran 15 tests in 0.295s

.. _progressive: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/nose-progressive/
.. _spec: http://darcs.idyll.org/~t/projects/pinocchio/doc/#spec-generate-test-description-from-test-class-method-names