Minor tweaks to make setup easier

README.rst

@@ -22,10 +22,14 @@ Python Libraries for Testing:
 - nose
 - coverage
 
+You can install everything you need for running and testing with ::
+
+    pip install -r requirements.txt
+
 Running
 =======
 
-Run the validator as follows:
+Run the validator as follows ::
 
 	python package-parser.py <path to xpi> [-t <expected type>] [-o <output type>] [-v] [--file <output file>] [--boring]
 
@@ -97,7 +101,7 @@ When outputting to a file, Boring Mode is automatically activated.
 Boring Mode:
 ------------
 
-Boring mode, when activated, doesn't print colors to the terminal. 
+Boring mode, when activated, doesn't print colors to the terminal.
 
 
 Output
@@ -230,9 +234,13 @@ For instance, this tree would generate the following messages:
 Testing
 =======
 
-Unit tests can be run with a simple call to:
+Unit tests can be run with ::
+
+	fab test
+
+or, after setting the proper python path: ::
 
-	nosetests
+    nosetests
 
 However, to turn run unit tests with code coverage, the appropriate
 command would be:
@@ -241,4 +249,4 @@ command would be:
 
 Note that in order to use the --cover-skip nose parameter, you must install the included patch for nose's coverage.py plugin:
 
-	extras/cover.py
+	extras/cover.py

fabfile.py

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+"""
+Basic fabfile to setup environment for running tests
+"""
+import functools
+import os
+
+from fabric.api import local
+
+ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+
+os.environ['PYTHONPATH'] = os.pathsep.join([ROOT,
+                                            os.path.join(ROOT, 'validator')])
+
+local = functools.partial(local, capture=False)
+
+def test(pdb=False):
+    cmd = 'nosetests'
+
+    if pdb:
+        cmd += ' --pdb --pdb-failures -s'
+
+    local(cmd)

requirements.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+coverage==3.3.1
+cssutils==0.9.7b3
+Fabric==0.9.0
+nose==0.11.4
+rdflib==3.0.0