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Make testing even more fun with RStudio addins and more
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# testthis



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**testthis** makes unit testing in R more comfortable. It is designed to 

complement the packages 

[testthat](https://github.com/r-lib/testthat), 

[devtools](https://github.com/r-lib/devtools) and 

[usethis](https://github.com/r-lib/usethis). 



## Overview



testthis provides RStudio addins for working with files that contain tests. 

These can be called like normal R function, but it is also possible to 

assigned them to hotkeys RStudio (*Tools/Modify Keyboard Shortcuts*).



* `test_this()`: Reloads the package and runs tests associated with the 

  currently open R script file.

* `open_testfile()`: Opens the associated test file in an editor window. If the 

  currently open file already is a test file, it opens the associated file in

  the `/R` directory. Can be used to jump back and forth between both.

  

The *associated test file* for a file `R/foo.R` is usually 

`/tests/testhat/test_foo.R` (or `test-foo.R`). You can modify this behavior by

putting the comment `#* @testfile anotherfile` anywhere in `R/foo.R`.



testthis also provides functions for managing tests in subdirectories of

`tests/testthat`:



* `use_testdata()` places a single R object in the `tests/testhat/testdata` 

  directory. It is analogous to `usethis::use_data()`, except that it saves the

  object in the `.rds` format, which is more appropriate for single R objects

  than `.rda` or `.Rdata` (see `?readRDS`). 

* `use_testdata_raw()` creates a script-file in the directory 

  `tests/testhat/testdata-raw`. The `testdata-raw` directory should contain all 

  script files used to generate the data in `tests/testhat/testdata`, 

  analogous to the relationship between `/data` and `/data-raw` as recommended

  by *devtools*/*usethis*. 

* `find_testdata()` and `read_testdata()` are simple helpers to read files

  saved with `use_testdata()`. 

* `use_test_subdir()` and `test_subdir()` for putting/running tests in 

  subdirectories of `tests/testhat/`. These tests will *not* be run on CRAN or

  by `devtools::test()`. This is useful for tests that take a long time to

  execute, or that require external resources (web, databases) that may not 

  always be available. 

  

  `test_acceptance()`, `test_manual()` and

  `test_integration()` are presets to run tests in the

  `integration_tests`, `acceptance_tests` and `manual_tests` subdirectories of

  `test/testthat`.

  



Testthis also provides some simple code analysis tools



* `test_coverage()` lists all functions of package and shows whether they

  are mentioned in any `test_that()` call's desc argument; e.g. if you have

  a test file containing `test_that("testing that function foo works", <...>)`,

  `foo()` will show up marked as tested. This can be used as a simple todo list 

  for testing, but does not replace a proper test coverage analyzer like

  [covr](https://github.com/r-lib/covr).

* `test_index()` produces an index of all `test_that()` calls. Supports RStudio

  Markers when run interactively from within RStudio.



For more details see the 

[function reference](https://s-fleck.github.io/testthis/reference/index.html)



## Installation



```

# Testthis is on CRAN:

install.packages("testthis")



# You can also install the development version from GitHub:

# install.packages("remotes")

remotes::install_github("s-fleck/testthis")

```



## Usage



```{r}

library(testthis)

```



RStudio addins (can be assigned to hotkeys):



```{r, eval = FALSE}

open_testfile()

## The file `tests/testthat/test_myscript.R` does not exist. 

## You can create it with testthis::test_skeleton().



test_skeleton()

## * Creating `tests/testthat/test_myscript.R`



open_testfile()

## > Opens `tests/testthat/test_myscript.R`



test_this() 

## > Runs tests in `tests/testthat/test_myscript.R`

## > works from the original .R file as well as from the file containing the tests



```



Code analysis:

```{r, eval = FALSE}

test_index()



```

![test-index](inst/img/test-index.png)



```{r, eval = FALSE}

test_coverage()



## > Package /data/home/fleck/rpkgs/rotor, Test Coverage: 17.8%

## >

## > exported functions .................... 

## > u fun          

## > + backup       

## > + backup_date  

## > + backup_time  

## > ...



# 'u' stands for 'unit tests', more columns are possible if you use the 

# test_subdir() feature of testthis

```