[vtk-developers] Testing guidelines

[Bill Lorensen]

Of the 549 cxx test files in vtk, 123 do not start with Test, the
other 426 do start with Test.

On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Powered by www.kitware.com
>>
>> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at
>> http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html
>>
>> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe:
>> http://www.vtk.org/mailman/listinfo/vtk-developers
>>
>>
>>
>