[Zope-Coders] Help with Unit Testing

[Shane Hathaway]

On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Chris Withers wrote:

> So where should these imports be included now?

Put the imports in the test methods or the setUp() method.

> Well, maybe someone can explain all the StorageErrors I get with the Windows
> test runner then? ;-)

Are you importing the Testing package before the Zope package?

> However, no-one has addressed the real problem yet, I'm afraid :-(
> DirectoryViews, are, unfortunately predictated on the filesystem. They need to
> be tested, and the only way I can think of to do this is to modify files on the
> filesystem.
>
> Until someone can suggest a better way, I propose that this form of testing
> remains as it is.
>
> Anyone got any suggestions?

You could create the skins in the tempfile area (though you'll have to be
careful to *not* delete immediately after creation, which is a standard
Unixism.)

Shane