[vtk-developers] Testing guidelines

[Bill Lorensen]

I still prefer TestClassName.cxx.

On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 2:55 PM, David Doria <daviddoria+vtk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Can I suggest we agree upon and adopt a convention moving forward? We can
>> go back and "correct" existing tests as we have time. It seems reasonable to
>> have a
>>
>> TestClassName.cxx (without the vtk- prefix) for every concrete class.
>
> I have followed this convention in the tests I have added, but in many ways
> the "Test" seems redundant. The big plus is that in my editor of choice (Qt
> Creator) I am able to type "TestS" and have every test starting with S
> listed, but to run a test I have to type,
>
> ./bin/ChartsCxxTests TestScientificPlot -I
>
> (e.g vtkPoints -> TestPoints.cxx)
>
> I doubt the one-to-one mapping of test names to classes will ever be the
> case. Some classes are very amenable to this, others are not. I agree that
> it would be good to establish a standard, and stick to it. Now would be a
> great time to get something set, and do it. I have been working with Bill a
> little to migrate some tests to use the testing interactor machinery,
> finding issues and seeing what we can do there too.
>
> Marcus
>
> (I started a new thread since the old title (about verdict) wouldn't
> probably interest many people).
> Hi all,
> I started a page here:
> http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/TestingGuidelines
> (and linked to it
> from http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Developers_Corner#Developers_Corner )
> Please add any thoughts and ideas about testing and coverage to that page. I
> think by having a set of more systematic testing guidelines we will be able
> to keep much more of the code covered. I've also started a list of questions
> (about deprecated classes, coverage target, etc) that should be addressed.
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
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