calico 1.0a2

I/O checker for command-line programs.

Calico is a utility for checking command-line programs in terms of their input and output. It checks whether a program generates the correct output when given some inputs. It was developed to evaluate simple programming assignments in an introductory programming course.

PyPI:

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/calico/

Repository:

https://bitbucket.org/uyar/calico

Documentation:

https://calico.readthedocs.io/

Calico has been tested with Python 3.4. You can install the latest version from PyPI:

pip install calico

Calico uses pexpect for interacting with the program it is checking. The file that specifies the inputs and outputs for the checks is in YAML format.

History

1.0a2 (2017-05-04)

• Switched configuration format from RSON to YAML.

• Added support for jailing test runs.

• Added option for test visibility in report.

1.0a1 (unreleased)

• First usable version.