Software Style: Testing

TODO(Issue #1): Please refactor this section HEAVILY. Feel free to use from what is already here but this needs a complete overhaul.

Simulation

RViz https://www.stereolabs.com/docs/ros/rviz/ Gazebo + ROS

Unit Testing

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In addition to simulation testing, writing unit tests is important for a few reasons:

• Validates the code is doing what you want it to
• Forces you to break up the code into logical parts (i.e. Single responsibility principle)
• Serves as a great form of documentation for the code you have tests for.
• Ensures that changes in the future don’t break the code in case it looks like it works in simulation

ROS Unit Testing Guides

• C++: http://wiki.ros.org/CppStyleGuide#Testing
• Python: None yet :(

In addition, we recommend reading the chapters “Testing Overview” and “Unit Testing” from the book “Software engineering at Google”. The book is available as an e-copy through the Purdue library.