On 05/06/2013 04:36 PM, Brian Sidebotham wrote: > This turned into just a set of notes about CTest and Boost.Test: > > CTest integrates well with CMake [1] and allows us to run executables that > perform tests. > Each test can be set as required (to be passed) or not. The result of each > test is based > on a rule that is defined in the each tests properties. For example, the > integer return > code from a process can be tested, or a regex match can be performed on > stdout or stderr > for the test process. > > Simple tests that depend on the integer return code of a process can be done > via CMake's > execute_process by checking RESULT_VARIABLE. > > Using the process return code, both CTest and CMake can test python API > changes by > executing python scripts and checking python's return value. > > The Boost.Test framework provides easy methods for writing C++ test cases as > executables. > A single executable can contain as many tests as required. Each test is called > individually as a command line argument. The Boost.Test framework can work by > returning a > different integer return code from the executable depending on the result of > a test. It is > has some additional features which aid automatic regression testing (for > example on build > servers and the like) [2] > > Writing test cases using the Boost.Test framework provides an easy way to test > WorkerFunctions within the codebase as we can write test cases and link them > to the > classes we're testing. This really requires code to be more modular so that > we can link > test executables against libraries. > > CTest and Boost.Test can allow memory leak testing as CTest integrates well > with Purify or > Valgrind. > > CTest allows subsets of tests to be run, so if you know you've only been > working on a > certain part of the codebase, you can quickly run just the tests that should > be affected > by your changes before running the whole test suite. > > The Python API requires test cases for stability so we know that our changes > to the C++ > code do not break other peoples IP based on our Python API.
Thanks very much. I probably will not have much input into this decision moving forward. How is the wxPython build script coming for Windows? > > [1] http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake_tutorial.html > [2] > http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_53_0/libs/test/doc/html/utf/usage-recommendations/command-line-specific.html > > Best Regards, Brian. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
