devnotes.md

Install requirements

pip install -r requirements.txt

Running tests

Unit tests attempt to check that everything is working properly. It is a good idea to run unit tests frequently, especially before making changes and after making changes but before committing them.

run nosetests (this runs the unit tests):

In python 2.7:

nosetests

In python 3.4:

python3 -m "nose"

Output should look like this:

.......S...............
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 23 tests in 2.179s

OK (SKIP=1)

Each dot stands for a unit test that ran, "S" stands for "Skipped". If there are failures the output will be more extensive, describing which tests failed and how.

For debugging purposes it is sometimes useful to use print statements and invoke nosetests with the --nocapture option in order to see the output.

nosetests --nocapture