Use pytest as default test runner, add test coverage #24
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I've noticed that the README's instructions for running the unit tests has a custom test runner and requires installing the test dependencies explicitly. We've used pytest in the past with great success, so I thought I'd apply it here.
This changeset
This PR changes the default test runner to be pytest, and separates the test dependencies out into a separate extras group that can be installed with the
.[<group>]
syntax (e.g.pip install -e .[test]
). The tests can either be run withpytest .
orpython setup.py test
. Additionally, the tests also produce a coverage report available underbuild/coverage_html
.Example output of testing: