haas 0.4.0

Extensible Python Test Runner

haas is a Python test runner that is backward-compatible with Python’s built-in unittest Test Cases, but supports more advanced features, such as project-specific plugins.

Feature Ideas

• Default Loader, TestSuite, TestRunner, TestResult

  • Possible to override defaults using plugins

  • Defaults classes take options via command line or config file

• System-level plugins

  • Allow plugins to be easily contributed

  • Plugins loaded at startup before running any user code

  • Plugins optionally enabled and disabled through command line flags

    • Plugin options loaded before plugin functionality

  • Possible plugin functionality

    • Pre-testing environment configuration

    • Custom loader, runner, results collection, reporting, ???

• Project-level plugins

  • Allow projects to contribute project-specific plugins

  • Specified by command-line

  • Specified by config file

• Plugin config read from config file in project directory

  • Config file specified on command line

Copyright

haas is copyright 2013-2014 Simon Jagoe

The name haas is taken from the animal on the cover of O’Reilly’s Python Cookbook, a springhaas or Pedetes capensis.