[bt-devel] Using QTest with BibleTime

[Martin Gruner]

This is excellent, Gary!

Am 25.11.15 um 18:05 schrieb Gary Holmlund:
> I have started work on tests for BibleTime code using Qt QTest. The goal
> is to make it easy to automatically test code changes before they are
> checked in. Running the tests is done by typing "ctest" in the build
> directory. It will run all tests and provide a summary of the results.
> 
> The best way to use these tests is for each developer to run them before
> checking in code. If an error occurs, that developer should either fix a
> bug they created, or modify the failing test if new behavior is expected.
> 
> I have written tests for the public functions in CSwordBackend and
> CSwordVerseKey. I am ready to check these in. This is just a small start
> in the list of classes we should test. I would gladly like others to
> help in this process.
> 
> So, is this a direction we want to take with BibleTime?
> 
> Gary
> 
> 
> ============= More details =====
> 
> bibletime/tests
> 
> These directories are for tests of BibleTime classes and functions. They
> use
> the Qt test framework as described in Qt documentaion. See QTest and
> qtestlib.
> 
> The tests for backend classes are not necessarily unit tests. Since many
> classes
> are wrappers around sword functionality, it seems best to test classes
> based
> on sword by including sword in the test program.
> 
> 
> Building
> 
> The tests are automatically built in the build directory. They do not
> have to
> be installed to run.
> 
> 
> Running
> 
> The tests currently require the following modules to be installed.
> KJV, KJVA, Scofield, Josephus, and StrongGreek
> 
> Running all test programs and summarizing the results can be done by
> running
> "ctest" in the build directory. CMake provides the "ctest" program.
> 
> Running an individual test for a specific class is done by running the test
> program for that class. This in normally "test_" plus the lowercase
> class name
> like test_cswordversekey.
> 
> 
> Errors
> 
> If an error occurs with an existing test, either there is a problem in the
> BibleTime source or the test needs to be updated for the change in
> functionality.
> Please keep all tests passing.
> 
> 
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