On Sun, 21 Sep 2003, Dmitry Diskin wrote: > Hello All > > I have to design unit tests for large OO application (yes, next time we > will create tests before coding). But which is the best way to organize > tests? > > In the Test::Unit distribution I saw 't' directory with 'head' scripts > (all_tests.t, assert.t) and 'tlib' directory with nested class directories.
That's the perl/CPAN test scripting used during the make;make test;make install process used for installing perl modules. They aren't unit tests in the strict sense, but could be written that way. I don't use them for actual unit tests. Test::Unit is based more on JUnit ideas and is easier to adapt to. You can get a lot of basic test philosophy from the junit.org site: http://www.junit.org/index.htm Here is another good site: http://www.xprogramming.com/ The downloads page there has links to several Perl test tools. How you organize your tests depends a lot on what language you're using and if you intend to include the tests with the product, or exclude them. In Java, I'll create a top-level tests directory and duplicate the class tree there, ie: tests/foo/bar tests/foo/baz src/foo/bar src/foo/baz that way when I compile src, the tests aren't written to the classes path, and the tests are excluded from the final product. If it's an opensource project, then I use: src/foo/bar src/foo/bar/tests src/foo/baz src/foo/baz/tests and then classes gets the tests and so do the user/developers. It all just depends on what you need to do with the test code and how the language works. There is no one right answer. PS: I'm only online on the weekends, 'cause I got laid off last year and resorted to driving trucks for a living because I couldn't get a perl/java job in Minnesota. I'm using perl unit these days, using a little front-end of my own and some customization of runonetest.pl to make it spit out html. I use mozilla as my GUI now. I haven't looked at RUI yet but it sounds interesting. -- Joi Ellis [EMAIL PROTECTED] No matter what we think of Linux versus FreeBSD, etc., the one thing I really like about Linux is that it has Microsoft worried. Anything that kicks a monopoly in the pants has got to be good for something. - Chris Johnson ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php _______________________________________________ Perlunit-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/perlunit-users
