[Bioperl-l] [Bioperl-guts-l] moving tests to use Test::More

[Chris Fields]

Sounds good!  I'll finish up the P's (halfway through now...) and  
move on to other things; got plenty to do, believe me!

Appreciate all the help, Spiros!

chris

On Apr 12, 2007, at 2:16 PM, Spiros Denaxas wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
> I have added a link as per Chris's nice suggestion for keeping track
> on whats going on regarding the migration:
> http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/TestMoreProgress
> There's also a link to this page from the project priority list.
> However, adding our signature for each module etc , in my humble
> opinion, seems tedious. May i suggest we just split up the list in
> 'starting letter sections' and each one does his part.
> I volunteer to work on all tests starting with the letter R down to
> the bottom of the list.
>
> Let me know if this makes sense or not. I will work on
> removing/flagging all the files that have already been migrated on
> that list as well.
>
> -spiros
>
> On 4/12/07, Spiros Denaxas <spiros at lokku.com> wrote:
>> Good idea Chris. Just got back home so will probably do it tomorrow
>> morning or so.
>>
>> Spiros
>>
>> On 4/11/07, Chris Fields <cjfields at uiuc.edu> wrote:
>>> We should probably place something on the wiki to prevent overlaps
>>> (i.e. make sure no two devs are working on the same tests).  I
>>> planned on working on the G's last night but got bogged down.
>>>
>>> Spiros, if you haven't already go ahead and create a list on a wiki
>>> page for tracking.  We can lay claim to them by tagging with our  
>>> sigs
>>> and cross them off once complete.
>>>
>>> chris
>>>
>>> On Apr 11, 2007, at 9:56 AM, Spiros Denaxas wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yep! I have some rough stats I have at home, I will post them  
>>>> later on
>>>> tonight. Roughly, if i remember correctly, 50% of the tests were  
>>>> still
>>>> using Test, all the others were using Test::More.
>>>>
>>>> More to follow later on,
>>>> Spiros
>>>>
>>>> On 4/11/07, Nathan Haigh <n.haigh at sheffield.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>> It should be easy enough to find those t/*.t files that have "use
>>>>> Test;"
>>>>> or "require Test;" This should provide a list of files still
>>>>> needing to
>>>>> be converted over to Test::More. As discussed previously, it may
>>>>> also be
>>>>> useful to use Test::Exception to test for situations where
>>>>> exceptions/warnings are thrown. If you add additional tests using
>>>>> this
>>>>> module, you should add the Test::Exception module to t/lib/
>>>>>
>>>>> Good luck, and feel free to mail the list with questions/comments
>>>>> etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> Nath
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris Fields wrote:
>>>>>> At the moment we do not have a comprehensive list up on the
>>>>> wiki.  I
>>>>>> have been slowly working (alphabetically!) to switch them  
>>>>>> over, so
>>>>>> any help would be appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have CC'd this to the main mail list for anyone else  
>>>>>> interested.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> chris
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Apr 9, 2007, at 1:23 PM, Spiros Denaxas wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hey guys,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I noticed there's an open task regarding moving testing code to
>>>>> use
>>>>>>> Test::More etc and that Chris and Nathan are already on to  
>>>>>>> it. Is
>>>>>>> there any kind of wiki page that you keep track of which
>>>>> modules you
>>>>>>> are already working on? I am new to this and want to contribute,
>>>>>>> having a fair amount of unit testing from work, but don't want
>>>>> to step
>>>>>>> over other people's work and avoid duplication as well.
>>>>>>> Any pointers where i could get started would be much
>>>>> appreciated :-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Spiros
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ps. apologies if this is not the correct list to post this, just
>>>>>>> seemed the most intuitive choice.
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> Christopher Fields
>>>>>> Postdoctoral Researcher
>>>>>> Lab of Dr. Robert Switzer
>>>>>> Dept of Biochemistry
>>>>>> University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
>>>>>>
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>>> Lab of Dr. Robert Switzer
>>> Dept of Biochemistry
>>> University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
>>>
>>>
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Christopher Fields
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Lab of Dr. Robert Switzer
Dept of Biochemistry
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign