NoseGAE not fit for testing?

[John Louis Del Rosario]

From the NoseGAE readme:

Due to changes in the sandboxing mechanisms in dev_appserver2, it isn't possible for NoseGAE to simulate the deployed environment any longer. The sandboxing feature had to be removed since there is no longer any way to toggle it between noses own internal workings.

This means that certain tests may pass locally but the code in question will fail in production due to restricted modules and functions. As of now there is no workaround but pull requests are welcome!

That sounds like a pretty big deal? Doesn't the limitation defeat the purpose of testing? What exactly are the restricted modules and functions mentioned?

I posted here instead of opening an issue on Github to start a discussion on whether we should be concerned (we've been using NoseGAE from the start), and what alternatives can we use if it is cause for concern.

[Mario]

Hi John,

There a full thread about this in GitHub. I believe that's the best place to follow this conversation. Please have a look at it.

Kind regards,

Mario C.

Google Cloud Platform.