#124: Implement a testing mechanism for simfactory -------------------------+-------------------------------------------------- Reporter: hinder | Owner: mthomas Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: Component: SimFactory | Version: Keywords: | -------------------------+-------------------------------------------------- Currently there is no easy way to check that a change to simfactory hasn't broken critical functionality. A system could be introduced to run through each command and check that it does the right thing. It won't be possible to check every single combination of possible options, but the most commonly used options should be tested.

A first attempt could involve testing that the commands work locally on the current machine. This would involve submitting jobs and testing that they have the expected behaviour. On busy machines, this means that the tests could potentially take a long time to complete.

Remote submission could be tested by running these tests from a central location (e.g. the developer's workstation or laptop).

We could also include a python correctness checking step in these tests (e.g. using pychecker or pylint).