
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:

* funcargs_ - pythonic zero-boilerplate fixtures for Python test functions :

  - totally separates test code, test configuration and test setup
  - ideal for integration and functional tests
  - allows for flexible and natural test parametrization schemes

* 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**.

* many new features done in easy-to-improve `default plugins`_, highlights:

  * 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
  * ...

* `distributed testing`_ and `elastic distributed execution`_:

  - 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

The py lib continues to offer most of the functionality used by
the testing tool in `independent namespaces`_.

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.

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!)

For more info, see the py.test and py lib documentation:

    http://pytest.org

    http://pylib.org

have fun,
holger

.. _`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