Re: [sympy] Looking to contribute tests

[Sergiu Ivanov]

Hi Brian,

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 11:53:34PM -0700, Brian Stephanik wrote:
>
> I'm a relatively new to Python and would like to contribute some unit tests
> to sympy. I can't find any sympy documentation on creating new tests. Any
> suggestions?

What exactly would like to know about creating unit tests for SymPy?

Generally, reading the existing unit tests and following the same
pattern works. Your code eventually gets reviewed nevertheless, so if
something is wrong, people will point it out.

However, usually it's not writing unit tests that is recommended as an
entry point for newcomers. What is usually suggested is fixing some
issues [0], especially those marked with the label EasyToFix [1].

In any case, the standard SymPy Developement Workflow page [2] should
be useful, if you haven't already read it.

Don't hesitate to ask any questions; we're here to help.

Sergiu

[0] http://code.google.com/p/sympy/issues/list

[1] http://code.google.com/p/sympy/issues/list?can=2&q=label%3AEasyToFix+&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Reporter+Summary+Stars&cells=tiles

[2] https://github.com/sympy/sympy/wiki/Development-workflow

[Brian Stephanik]

Thanks for the helpful info. I'll start there.

Brian

[Matthew Rocklin]

Glad to have you on board Brian. When I first started out I was amazed at how helpful the community was. You should definitely ask questions if you have them. 

I'm curious, what made you decide to help out on SymPy?

On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 1:53 AM, Brian Stephanik <xoe...@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm a relatively new to Python and would like to contribute some unit tests to sympy. I can't find any sympy documentation on creating new tests. Any suggestions?

Brian

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[Brian Stephanik]

The links to the documentation were quite helpful – ignore my most recent question about running tests.

Looking forward to working with you all.

Brian