Continuous unit testing with Pydev (Python and Eclipse)

Question

Is there a way to integrate background unit tests with the Pydev Eclipse environment?

My unit tests run well, but I would like to integrate them to run in the background based on source file changes (e.g. with nose) and to integrate the result back to Eclipse (I'm thinking big red X when tests fail with a console and trace log view).

No, a command prompt running nose on the side does not count.

I have had this Eclipse integration when developing RoR stuff.

Thanks,

Tal.

EDIT: Check out the new Pydev (1.6.4) http://pydev.org/manual_adv_pyunit.html

Answer 1

This feature has been added to PyDev 2.0.1 with an option to relaunch the tests in the last test run whenever a python file change, with an additional option to rerun only the errors -- although it'll run the full test suite if no errors were found, as the idea is that you work through your errors and when all pass a final launch for the whole suite is done (then you can move on to another task).

The current nightly build has this feature incorporated.

Answer 2

Pydev does have some unit-test integration, but that's only as a run configuration...so...

This is not a very elegant way, but if you:

1. Enable Project->Build Automatically
2. In your project properties, add a new builder of type Program
3. Configure it to run your tests and select 'during auto builds'

Then at least you will get something that outputs the test results to the console on resource saves.