[PD-dev] Unit tests

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Sep 29, 2011, at 12:10 AM, Marvin Humphrey wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:08:49PM -0400, Chris McCormick wrote:
>> Good point. I am now sending Marvin a copy of the WebPd unit test  
>> patches
>> licensed under BSD-3.
>
> Cool!
>
> I'm excited to look through these materials.  I'm a Pd noob with a  
> lot to
> learn and tests can serve as very enlightening documentation!  :)
>
> Sooner or later, I'll likely contribute unit tests, and I'm  
> confident in my
> general testing expertise.  I'm pleased to have started this  
> thread... Still,
> it seems to me like the introduction of a testing framework ought to  
> move
> ahead on its own, since there are already candidate frameworks  
> available.
>
> There are several long-time Pd community members who believe that  
> the core
> would benefit from the addition of unit tests.  I'd like to add my  
> voice to
> their chorus.
>
> I would also like to opine that the addition of a unit testing  
> framework seems
> like it would be a conservative, non-disruptive change.  A public  
> API for the
> the testing framework need not be exposed -- not right away, and  
> theoretically
> never.  Existing core code should require few if any changes to  
> accommodate a
> test harness.  Naturally, though, we would want the framework we use  
> to be the
> best it can be.
>
> What opinions are out there with regards to the two existing candidate
> frameworks?  What do they have in common?  How do they contrast?  Do  
> they
> suggest improvements for each other?


We've known for many years that tests would be a really useful thing.   
Its just a matter of someone doing the work. A few of us have done  
some work here and there, as you have seen.  But we haven't gotten a  
coherent package.  So I'll be happy to see you work on this :)

.hc

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