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diff --git a/slides/test_driven_development/tdd_simple.tex b/slides/test_driven_development/tdd_simple.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ae57c69 --- /dev/null +++ b/slides/test_driven_development/tdd_simple.tex @@ -0,0 +1,342 @@ +\documentclass[12pt,presentation]{beamer} +\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} +\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} +\usepackage{fixltx2e} +\usepackage{graphicx} +\usepackage{longtable} +\usepackage{float} +\usepackage{wrapfig} +\usepackage{soul} +\usepackage{textcomp} +\usepackage{marvosym} +\usepackage{wasysym} +\usepackage{latexsym} +\usepackage{amssymb} +\usepackage{hyperref} +\tolerance=1000 +\usepackage[english]{babel} \usepackage{ae,aecompl} +\usepackage{mathpazo,courier,euler} \usepackage[scaled=.95]{helvet} +\usepackage{listings} +\lstset{language=Python, basicstyle=\ttfamily\bfseries, +commentstyle=\color{red}\itshape, stringstyle=\color{green}, +showstringspaces=false, keywordstyle=\color{blue}\bfseries} +\providecommand{\alert}[1]{\textbf{#1}} + +\title{SEES: Test Driven Development} +\author{FOSSEE} + +\usetheme{Warsaw}\usecolortheme{default}\useoutertheme{infolines}\setbeamercovered{transparent} + +\AtBeginSection[] +{ + \begin{frame}<beamer> + \frametitle{Outline} + \tableofcontents[currentsection] + \end{frame} +} + +\begin{document} + +\maketitle + +\begin{frame} +\frametitle{Outline} +\setcounter{tocdepth}{3} +\tableofcontents +\end{frame} + +\section{Introduction} + +\begin{frame} + \frametitle{Objectives} + At the end of this section, you will be able to: + \begin{itemize} + \item Write your code using the TDD paradigm. + \item Use the nose module to test your code. + \end{itemize} +\end{frame} + +\begin{frame} + \frametitle{What is TDD?} + The basic steps of TDD are roughly as follows -- + \begin{enumerate} + \item<1-> Decide upon feature to implement and methodology of + testing + \item<2-> Write tests for feature decided upon + \item<3-> Just write enough code, so that the test can be run, but it fails. + \item<4-> Improve the code, to just pass the test and at the same time + passing all previous tests. + \item<5-> Run the tests to see, that all of them run successfully. + \item<6-> Refactor the code you've just written -- optimize the algorithm, + remove duplication, add documentation, etc. + \item<7-> Run the tests again, to see that all the tests still pass. + \item<8-> Go back to 1. + \end{enumerate} +\end{frame} + +\section{First Test} + +\begin{frame}[fragile] + \frametitle{First Test -- GCD} + \begin{itemize} + \item simple program -- GCD of two numbers + \item What are our code units? + \begin{itemize} + \item Only one function \texttt{gcd} + \item Takes two numbers as arguments + \item Returns one number, which is their GCD + \end{itemize} +\begin{lstlisting} +c = gcd(44, 23) +\end{lstlisting} + \item c will contain the GCD of the two numbers. + \end{itemize} +\end{frame} + +\begin{frame}[fragile] + \frametitle{Test Cases} + \begin{itemize} + \item Important to have test cases and expected outputs even before + writing the first test! + \item $a=48$, $b=48$, $GCD=48$ + \item $a=44$, $b=19$, $GCD=1$ + \item Tests are just a series of assertions + \item True or False, depending on expected and actual behavior + \end{itemize} + +\end{frame} + +\begin{frame}[fragile] + \frametitle{Test Cases -- general idea} +\begin{lstlisting} +tc1 = gcd(48, 64) +if tc1 != 16: + print "Failed for a=48, b=64. Expected 16. \ + Obtained %d instead." % tc1 + exit(1) + +tc2 = gcd(44, 19) +if tc2 != 1: + print "Failed for a=44, b=19. Expected 1. \ + Obtained %d instead." % tc2 + exit(1) + +print "All tests passed!" +\end{lstlisting} +\begin{itemize} +\item The function \texttt{gcd} doesn't even exist! +\end{itemize} +\end{frame} + + +\begin{frame}[fragile] + \frametitle{Test Cases -- code} + \begin{itemize} + \item Let us make it a function! + \item Use assert! + \end{itemize} +\end{frame} + +\begin{frame}[fragile] + \frametitle{Test Cases -- code} +\begin{lstlisting} +# gcd.py +def test_gcd(): + assert gcd(48, 64) == 16 + assert gcd(44, 19) == 1 + +test_gcd() +\end{lstlisting} +\end{frame} + +\begin{frame}[fragile] + \frametitle{Stubs} + \begin{itemize} + \item First write a very minimal definition of \texttt{gcd} + \begin{lstlisting} +def gcd(a, b): + pass + \end{lstlisting} + \item Written just, so that the tests can run + \item Obviously, the tests are going to fail + \end{itemize} +\end{frame} + +\begin{frame}[fragile] + \frametitle{\texttt{gcd.py}} +\begin{lstlisting} +def gcd(a, b): + pass + +def test_gcd(): + assert gcd(48, 64) == 16 + assert gcd(44, 19) == 1 + +if __name__ == '__main__': + test_gcd() +\end{lstlisting} +\end{frame} + +\begin{frame}[fragile] + \frametitle{First run} +\begin{lstlisting} +$ python gcd.py +Traceback (most recent call last): + File "gcd.py", line 9, in <module> + test_gcd() + File "gcd.py", line 5, in test_gcd + assert gcd(48, 64) == 16 +AssertionError +\end{lstlisting} %$ + + \begin{itemize} + \item We have our code unit stub, and a failing test. + \item The next step is to write code, so that the test just passes. + \end{itemize} +\end{frame} + +\begin{frame}[fragile] + \frametitle{Euclidean Algorithm} + \begin{itemize} + \item Modify the \texttt{gcd} stub function + \item Then, run the script to see if the tests pass. + \end{itemize} +\begin{lstlisting} +def gcd(a, b): + if a == 0: + return b + while b != 0: + if a > b: + a = a - b + else: + b = b - a + return a +\end{lstlisting} +\begin{lstlisting} +$ python gcd.py +All tests passed! +\end{lstlisting} %$ + \begin{itemize} + \item \alert{Success!} + \end{itemize} +\end{frame} + + +\begin{frame}[fragile] + \frametitle{Euclidean Algorithm -- Modulo} + \begin{itemize} + \item Repeated subtraction can be replaced by a modulo + \item modulo of \texttt{a\%b} is always less than b + \item when \texttt{a < b}, \texttt{a\%b} equals \texttt{a} + \item Combine these two observations, and modify the code +\begin{lstlisting} +def gcd(a, b): + while b != 0: + a, b = b, a % b + return a +\end{lstlisting} + \item Check that the tests pass again + \end{itemize} +\end{frame} + +\begin{frame}[fragile] + \frametitle{Euclidean Algorithm -- Recursive} + \begin{itemize} + \item Final improvement -- make \texttt{gcd} recursive + \item More readable and easier to understand +\begin{lstlisting} +def gcd(a, b): + if b == 0: + return a + return gcd(b, a%b) +\end{lstlisting} + \item Check that the tests pass again + \end{itemize} +\end{frame} + +\begin{frame}[fragile] + \frametitle{Document \texttt{gcd}} + \begin{itemize} + \item Undocumented function is as good as unusable + \item Let's add a docstring \& We have our first test! + \end{itemize} +\begin{lstlisting} +def gcd(a, b): + """Returns the Greatest Common Divisor of the + two integers passed as arguments. + + Args: + a: an integer + b: another integer + + Returns: Greatest Common Divisor of a and b + """ + if b == 0: + return a + return gcd(b, a%b) +\end{lstlisting} +\end{frame} + + +\begin{frame}[fragile] + \frametitle{Persistent Test Cases} + \begin{itemize} + \item Tests should be pre-determined and written, before the code + \item The file shall have multiple lines of test data + \item Separates the code from the tests + \end{itemize} +\end{frame} + +\begin{frame}[fragile] + \frametitle{Separate \texttt{test\_gcd.py}} +\begin{lstlisting} +from gcd import gcd + +def test_gcd(): + assert gcd(48, 64) == 16 + assert gcd(44, 19) == 1 + +if __name__ == '__main__': + test_gcd() +\end{lstlisting} +\end{frame} + +\section{Python Testing Frameworks} + +\begin{frame}[fragile] + \frametitle{Python Testing Frameworks} + \begin{itemize} + \item Testing frameworks essentially, ease the job of the user + \item Python provides two frameworks for testing code + \begin{itemize} + \item \texttt{unittest} framework + \item \texttt{doctest} module + \end{itemize} +\item \texttt{nose} is a package to help test + \end{itemize} +\end{frame} + +\subsection{\texttt{nose}} + +\begin{frame}[fragile] + \frametitle{\texttt{nose} tests} + \begin{itemize} + \item It is not easy to organize, choose and run tests scattered + across multiple files. + \item \texttt{nose} module aggregate these tests automatically + \item Can aggregate \texttt{unittests} and \texttt{doctests} + \item Allows us to pick and choose which tests to run + \item Helps output the test-results and aggregate them in various + formats + \item Not part of the Python distribution itself +\begin{lstlisting} +$ apt-get install python-nose +\end{lstlisting} %$ + \item Run the following command in the top level directory +\begin{lstlisting} +$ nosetests +\end{lstlisting} %$ + \end{itemize} +\end{frame} + +\end{document} |