improve the testing documentation. Add a section about the alternate test runner ./run.py

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Dave Halter
2014-03-11 14:27:11 +01:00
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@@ -46,7 +46,20 @@ Run test at line 4, 6, and 8 in ``basic.py``::
See ``py.test --help`` for more information.
If you want to debug a test, just use the --pdb option.
If you want to debug a test, just use the ``--pdb`` option.
Alternate Test Runner
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If you don't like the output of ``py.test``, there's an alternate test runner
that you can start by running ``./run.py``. The above example could be run by::
./run.py basic 4 6 8
The advantage of this runner is simplicity and more customized error reports.
Using both runners will help you to have a quicker overview of what's
happening.
Auto-Completion
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