doctest

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If you are looking for a quick way to test you controllers you can do
the following

def example(): ### sample controller
"""
>>> example() ### this is a test
4
"""
return 3

def _test(): ### testing controller
import doctest, gluon.fileutils, sys, StringIO
if not gluon.fileutils.check_credentials(request): raise HTTP(400)
stdout=sys.stdout
sys.stdout=StringIO.StringIO()
print '<pre>'
#### add one line for each controller to test
doctest.run_docstring_examples(example,globals(),True) ### test
example
####
print '</pre>'
s=sys.stdout.getvalue()
sys.stdout=stdout
return dict(report=XML(s))

If (and only if) you are logged in as admin you can access the
function _test in your controller and it will run tests for the
controllers listed, for examples this tests the controller example

doctest.run_docstring_examples(example,globals(),True)

It is not the most elegant solution but you can use with the current
version of gluon.

Massimo