[ZWeb] Unit Tests

[Robert Rottermann]

Yes this is of course true. However we do not want prove anything, but to
give clues.
Conformance testing is very difficult, and needs lots of efforts.
Preparing guidelines how and against what to test and giving the provider of
a product a way to state "yes I did test according the guidelines" goes a
long way towards the same goal without costing much..
And since not only the product but also the tests are public everybody will
be careful not to pronounce an inadequate statement.

Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Withers" <chrisw@nipltd.com>
To: "Robert Rottermann" <robert@redcor.ch>
Cc: "Paul Everitt" <paul@zope.com>; "Bill Anderson" <bill@libc.org>;
<Zope-web@zope.org>
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 9:32 AM
Subject: Re: [ZWeb] Unit Tests


> Robert Rottermann wrote:
> >
> > And we could have a checkmark next to the product in the product
directory
> > saying the it is fit for a given version (since its tests passed)
> > I agree with the concern that it is hardly possible to define accepted
> > standards how to measure "quality". It is much easier to define the
> > environment in which a unit test has to pass.
>
> Yes, but the problem now becomes how do you ensure the unit tests for a
product
> actually test the product?
>
> You can write unit test that always pass....
>
> cheers,
>
> Chris
>