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.. _unit_tests_field_guide:
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Tempest Field Guide to Unit tests
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What are these tests?
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Unit tests are the self checks for Tempest. They provide functional
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verification and regression checking for the internal components of Tempest.
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They should be used to just verify that the individual pieces of Tempest are
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working as expected. They should not require an external service to be running
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and should be able to run solely from the Tempest tree.
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Why are these tests in Tempest?
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These tests exist to make sure that the mechanisms that we use inside of
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Tempest are valid and remain functional. They are only here for self
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validation of Tempest.
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Scope of these tests
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Unit tests should not require an external service to be running or any extra
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configuration to run. Any state that is required for a test should either be
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mocked out or created in a temporary test directory. (see test_wrappers.py for
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an example of using a temporary test directory)
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