DeveloperGuidelines

= Testing =
"A bug is a test case you haven't written yet" [[BR]]
"Unit Tests allow merciless refactoring": http://diveintopython.org/refactoring/refactoring.html

 * http://diveintopython.org/unit_testing/index.html
 * http://vallista.idyll.org/~grig/articles/

== Unit Tests (must do) ==
Should we use doctests?
 * http://agiletesting.blogspot.com/2005/01/python-unit-testing-part-2-doctest.html
These should be written by the developers

 * Rspec is an equivalent for Ruby: http://rspec.info/

== Continuous Integration ==
Whenever a commit is made it should be checked to see that it doesn't break anything
 * [https://launchpad.net/pqm Patch Queue Manager]

Continuous Integration tools help here, such as:
 * http://cruisecontrol.sourceforge.net/

== Regression Testing ==
Fired by dev after certain number of changes or whenever they like.

== Boundary Testing (should do) ==
Checks functionality of modules against spec.

This is done by the Testers who accept the Code as a result.

== Integration Testing (good thing) ==

== Usability Tests ==
=== Accessibility ===
 * Are we XHTML 1.0 compliant?
 * Are we usable without !JavaScript?

== Performance Tests ==
Whilst the Web2Py framework is fast, we should check that we're not doing anything stupid to slow it down:
 * http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/cf5c5bd53bc42d49

== Security Tests ==
Whilst the Web2Py framework is secure by design, we should validate this:
 * http://mdp.cti.depaul.edu/examples/default/features
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