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Update to the README file in the 'test' directory #609

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Expand Up @@ -5,66 +5,4 @@ PyNN testing is divided into several different types of test:
* running the example scripts
* doctests


NOTE: the test suite is currently being reorganised to work with nose (http://somethingaboutorange.com/mrl/projects/nose),
in order to facilitate continuous integration testing.

Many of the scripts listed below have been temporarily moved to an `unsorted` directory, until they can be
integrated into the nose framework.



API syntax consistency
----------------------

checkAPI.py


Unit tests
----------

In the `unittests` subdirectory. Tests can be run individually, or all at once
with coverage measurement using `alltests.sh`.

Note that the `generictests.py` script takes the simulator backend as a
command-line argument.

`generictests.py` should be run both with "python" and with "mpirun python".


Regression tests
----------------

Any time there is a bug/defect on the tracker, appropriate tests should be added to both
the `unittests` and `system` directories.


System tests
------------

These tests compare the output of different simulators for the same script. Each
test can be run directly by providing a parameter file on the command line,
e.g.:

python test_synaptic_integration.py parameters/test_synaptic_integration.param neuron nest

or it can be run with many different parameter sets using the explore_space.py
script, e.g.:

python explore_space.py -n 5 -f ~/mpd.hosts test_synaptic_integration.py parameters/test_synaptic_integration.space neuron nest




Running the example scripts
---------------------------

test_examples.py
test_examples_mpi.py


Documentation tests
-------------------

Tests that the code examples given in the documentation are correct.
XXXX
For full documentation on testing, see:http://neuralensemble.org/docs/PyNN/developers/contributing.html#testing