epyunit 0.0.10

The 'epyunit' package provides a wrapper for unit tests of commandline interfaces.The package could be used either from the comandline, or integrated into Eclipse with PyDev.

The ‘epyunit’ package provides extensions of the PyUnit framework for unit and regression tests of executables written in arbitrary languages. In distinction to some more comprising and though complex frameworks the ‘epyunit’ provides a minimal but sufficient approach in particular for the low-effort test automation of scripts and tools.

The reuse of the standard PyUnit in combination with PyDev provides out-of-the-box integration into the Eclipse-IDE. Thus command line based regression tests as well as a graphical frontend for test statistics provided by PyDev could be applied.

The epyunit components call the wrapped process and read the execution results from STDOUT, STDERR, and the exit value. The values are read into Python variables either for further processing, or optional pass-through to the caller.

The ‘epyunit’ package provides in particular:

• Support for unit tests of shell scripts - bash - from command line and Eclipse/PyDev

• The simplified reuse of executables as test-dummies within multiple test cases.

• The categorization of structures defined by the directory tree.

• The support of arbitrary intermixed implementation languages for executables.

The implementation supports Python(>=2.7) and integrates into the Eclipse IDE with PyDev, and PyUnit.

The package ‘epyunit’ is a spin off from the project ‘UnifiedSessionsManager-2.0’.

The main interface classes are:

• FileSysObjectsMin - A subset of the project PyFileSysObjects.

• SystemCalls - Adaptation of sub-process calls for unit tests.

The architecture is based on the packages ‘PyDev’:

                +-----------------------+   call    +----------------------+
                |                       |  ------>  |                      |
Subprocess      |        ePyUnit        |           |   Wrapped-Process    |
                |                       |  <-----   |                      |
                +-----------------------+   stdin   +----------------------+
                            |               stderr
                            V               exit
                +-----------------------+
Python Units    |         PyUnit        |
                +-----------------------+
                            |
                            V
                +-----------+-----------+
IDE             |  Eclipse  |    CLI    |
                +-----------+-----------+

For examples and patterns see subdirectories:

• UseCases

• tests

Downloads:

• Sourceforge.net: https://sourceforge.net/projects/epyunit/files/

• Github: https://github.com/ArnoCan/epyunit/

Online documentation:

• https://pypi.python.org/pypi/epyunit/

• https://pythonhosted.org/epyunit/

setup.py

The installer adds a few options to the standard setuptools options.

• build_sphinx: Creates documentation for runtime system by Sphinx, html only. Calls ‘callDocSphinx.sh’.

• build_epydoc: Creates documentation for runtime system by Epydoc, html only. Calls ‘callDocEpydoc.sh’.

• test: Runs PyUnit tests by discovery.

• –help-epyunit: Displays this help.

• –no-install-required: Suppresses installation dependency checks, requires appropriate PYTHONPATH.

• –offline: Sets online dependencies to offline, or ignores online dependencies.

• –exit: Exit ‘setup.py’.

After successful installation the ‘selftest’ verifies basic checks by:

epyunit –selftest

with the exit value ‘0’ when OK.

The option ‘-v’ raises the degree of verbosity for inspection

epyunit –selftest -v -v -v -v

Project Data

• PROJECT: ‘epyunit’

• MISSION: Extend the standard PyUnit package for arbitrary ExecUnits.

• VERSION: 00.00

• RELEASE: 00.00

• NICKNAME: ‘Dromi’

• STATUS: pre-alpha

• AUTHOR: Arno-Can Uestuensoez

• COPYRIGHT: Copyright (C) 2010,2011,2015-2016 Arno-Can Uestuensoez @Ingenieurbuero Arno-Can Uestuensoez

• LICENSE: Artistic-License-2.0 + Forced-Fairplay-Constraints Refer to enclose documents:

  • ArtisticLicense20.html - for base license: Artistic-License-2.0

  • licenses-amendments.txt - for amendments: Forced-Fairplay-Constraints

VERSIONS and RELEASES

Planned Releases:

• RELEASE: 00.00.00x - Pre-Alpha: Extraction of the features from hard-coded application into a reusable package.

• RELEASE: 00.01.00x - Alpha: Completion of basic features.

• RELEASE: 00.02.00x - Alpha: Completion of features, stable interface.

• RELEASE: 00.03.00x - Beta: Accomplish test cases for medium to high complexity.

• RELEASE: 00.04.00x - Production: First production release. Estimated number of UnitTests := 100.

• RELEASE: 00.05.00x - Production: Various performance enhancements.

Current Release: 00.00.010 - Pre-Alpha:

Major Changes:

• Splitted by shift of FileSzsObjects into it’s own project.

• Test enhancements.

• Documentation restructured.

Current test status:

• UnitTests: >9

• Use-Cases as UnitTests: >84

Total: >93

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