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https://github.com/s-fleck/testthis

Make testing even more fun with RStudio addins and more
https://github.com/s-fleck/testthis

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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
```