Basic Usage¶
In this tutorial you’ll learn:
- What are the building blocks of Rotest.
- How to create a Rotest project.
- How to run tests.
The Building Blocks of Rotest¶
Rotest is separated into several component types, each performs its specific tasks. Here is a brief explanation of the components:
rotest.core.case.TestCase
: The most basic runnable unit. Just likeunittest.TestCase
, it defines the actions and assertions that should be performed to do the test. For example:from rotest.core.case import TestCase class MyCase(TestCase): def test_something(self): result = some_function() self.assertEqual(result, some_value)
rotest.core.suite.TestSuite
: Again, a known concept from theunittest
module. It aggregates tests, to make a semantic separation between them. This way, you can hold a bunch of tests and run them as a set. Arotest.core.suite.TestSuite
can hold each of the following:rotest.core.case.TestCase
classes.rotest.core.suite.TestSuite
classes.- The more complex concept of
rotest.core.flow.TestFlow
classes.
from rotest.core.suite import TestSuite class MySuite(TestSuite): components = [TestCase1, TestCase2, OtherTestSuite]
Creating a Rotest Project¶
Rotest has a built in a client-server infrastructure, for a good reason. There must be someone who can distribute resources between tests, that are being run by several developers or testers. Thus, there must be a server that have a database of all the instances. Rotest uses the infrastructure of Django, to define this database, and to make use of the Django’s admin frontend to enable changing it.
First, create a Django project, using:
$ django-admin startproject rotest_demo
$ cd rotest_demo
You’ll end up with the following tree:
.
├── manage.py
└── rotest_demo
├── __init__.py
├── settings.py
├── urls.py
└── wsgi.py
Inside it, create a file in the root directory of the project called
rotest.yml
, that includes all configuration of Rotest:
rotest:
host: localhost
django_settings: rotest_demo.settings
Pay attention to the following:
- The rotest keyword defines its section as the place for Rotest’s configuration.
- The host key is how the client should contact the server. It’s an IP address, or a DNS of the server. For now, both the client and server are running on the same machine., but it doesn’t have to be that way.
- The django_settings key is directing to the settings of the Django app, that defines all relevant Django configuration (DB configuration, installed Django applications, and so on).
Adding Tests¶
Let’s create a test that doesn’t require any resource. Create a file named
test_math.py
with the following content:
from rotest.core.runner import main
from rotest.core.case import TestCase
class AddTest(TestCase):
def test_add(self):
self.assertEqual(1 + 1, 2)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main(AddTest)
That’s a very simple test, that asserts integers addition operation in Python. To run it, just do the following:
$ python test_math.py
21:46:20 : Test run has started
Tests Run Started
21:46:20 : Test AnonymousSuite_None has started running
Test AnonymousSuite Started
21:46:20 : Running AnonymousSuite_None test-suite
21:46:20 : Test AddTest.test_add_None has started running
Test AddTest.test_add Started
21:46:20 : Finished setUp - Skipping test is now available
21:46:20 : Starting tearDown - Skipping test is unavailable
21:46:20 : Test AddTest.test_add_None ended successfully
Success: test_add (__main__.AddTest)
21:46:20 : Test AddTest.test_add_None has stopped running
Test AddTest.test_add Finished
21:46:20 : Test AnonymousSuite_None has stopped running
Test AnonymousSuite Finished
21:46:20 : Test run has finished
Tests Run Finished
Ran 1 test in 0.012s
OK
21:46:20 : Finalizing 'AnonymousSuite' test runner
21:46:20 : Finalizing test 'AnonymousSuite'