HW26: Team Progress II

Today we present our testing framework for Tanaguru with 25 completed test cases. The main problem with our last version is that the script was static. This means that information about the test cases and the drivers required to run them was hard-coded into our bash script. This was deemed to be problematic since it would be difficult to add test cases in the future. If someone later down the line wanted to add a test case, they would also have to modify our script. Now the script is dynamic. This means that the script is "dumb" and has no information about the test cases or the drivers. Now it is simpler to add test cases. The test cases are added as text files in the correct template. If a new driver is needed, it can be dropped in the drivers folder. This has no effect on the script.

This simple change in our project put some aspects of open source development into perspective. What if someone else wanted to use our framework? If the framework was static, it would require knowledge of bash and our script to add test cases. Now it simply requires the developer to copy the test case template.