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| pylib 1.0.0 released: testing-with-python innovations continue |
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| Took a few betas but finally i uploaded a `1.0.0 py lib release`_, |
| featuring the mature and powerful py.test tool and "execnet-style" |
| *elastic* distributed programming. With the new release, there are |
| many new advanced automated testing features - here is a quick summary: |
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| * funcargs_ - pythonic zero-boilerplate fixtures for Python test functions : |
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| - totally separates test code, test configuration and test setup |
| - ideal for integration and functional tests |
| - allows for flexible and natural test parametrization schemes |
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| * new `plugin architecture`_, allowing easy-to-write project-specific and cross-project single-file plugins. The most notable new external plugin is `oejskit`_ which naturally enables **running and reporting of javascript-unittests in real-life browsers**. |
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| * many new features done in easy-to-improve `default plugins`_, highlights: |
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| * xfail: mark tests as "expected to fail" and report separately. |
| * pastebin: automatically send tracebacks to pocoo paste service |
| * capture: flexibly capture stdout/stderr of subprocesses, per-test ... |
| * monkeypatch: safely monkeypatch modules/classes from within tests |
| * unittest: run and integrate traditional unittest.py tests |
| * figleaf: generate html coverage reports with the figleaf module |
| * resultlog: generate buildbot-friendly reporting output |
| * ... |
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| * `distributed testing`_ and `elastic distributed execution`_: |
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| - new unified "TX" URL scheme for specifying remote processes |
| - new distribution modes "--dist=each" and "--dist=load" |
| - new sync/async ways to handle 1:N communication |
| - improved documentation |
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| The py lib continues to offer most of the functionality used by |
| the testing tool in `independent namespaces`_. |
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| Some non-test related code, notably greenlets/co-routines and |
| api-generation now live as their own projects which simplifies the |
| installation procedure because no C-Extensions are required anymore. |
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| The whole package should work well with Linux, Win32 and OSX, on Python |
| 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6. (Expect Python3 compatibility soon!) |
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| For more info, see the py.test and py lib documentation: |
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| http://pytest.org |
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| http://pylib.org |
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| have fun, |
| holger |
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| .. _`independent namespaces`: http://pylib.org |
| .. _`funcargs`: http://codespeak.net/py/dist/test/funcargs.html |
| .. _`plugin architecture`: http://codespeak.net/py/dist/test/extend.html |
| .. _`default plugins`: http://codespeak.net/py/dist/test/plugin/index.html |
| .. _`distributed testing`: http://codespeak.net/py/dist/test/dist.html |
| .. _`elastic distributed execution`: http://codespeak.net/py/dist/execnet.html |
| .. _`1.0.0 py lib release`: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/py |
| .. _`oejskit`: http://codespeak.net/py/dist/test/plugin/oejskit.html |
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