[Python-Dev] GUI test runner tool

Mon Nov 8 20:00:45 CET 2010

On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 04:09, Michael Foord <michael at voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
> Hello all,
>> Now that unittest has test discovery, Mark Roddy has been working on
> resurrecting the old GUI test runner (using Tkinter):
>> https://bitbucket.org/markroddy/unittestgui
>> This was part of the original pyunit project but I believe it was never part
> of the standard library:
>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyunit/
>> Here's a screenshot of what it looks like:
>> http://skitch.com/fuzzyman/dhu9r/pyunit
>> I'd like to propose adding it to Python in Tools/ and am volunteering to
> maintain it.

Does that mean upgrading it as well? =) For instance it would be great
to get it to use ttk so it looks a bit sharper, supports skipped tests
and expected failures, and dream-of-dreams ties into regrtest so you
can just check boxes instead of passing a ton of CLI flags.
> If the answer is "not yet" that is fine as it can go into
> unittest2 first. Mark has updated it to work with test discovery and added
> support for configuring test discovery in the same way as you can from the
> command line. It is a nice tool for those new to writing tests who aren't
> yet familiar with the command line or prefer a GUI.

I personally have no problem with it going into tools as long as it
can also be used to run the tests in the stdlib. Just don't put it in
Demos/ . =)
-Brett
>> In its basic form you simply pick a directory and unittestgui will discover
> and run all the tests it finds. It would be nice if it provided more
> diagnostic information on tests it ran (clicking through test results) but
> these can be added later.
>> All the best,
>> Michael Foord
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