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diff --git a/topics/testing/automated-testing.gmi b/topics/testing/automated-testing.gmi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3f85301 --- /dev/null +++ b/topics/testing/automated-testing.gmi @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ +# Automated Testing + +## Tags + +* assigned: fredm bonfacem alex + +## Introduction + +As part of the +=> ../systems/ci-cd.gmi CI/CD effort +there is need for automated tests to ensure that the system is working as expected. + +This document is meant to track the implementation of the automated tests and possibly the related infrastructure for running the tests. + +## Genenetwork 3 + +### Unit Tests + +There is a collection of unit tests in the *tests/unit* in the +=> https://github.com/genenetwork/genenetwork3 Genenetwork 3 repository + +### Integration + +There is (as of 2022-Feb-10) an +=> https://github.com/genenetwork/genenetwork3/tree/main/tests/integration integration tests directory +in the Genenetwork 3 repository. + +The tests there, however, are technically unit tests. Each test seems to test a single logical unit of the system e.g. correlations, gemma, etc. + +There is no test that seems to check for interactions among the logical units/modules of the system e.g. + +* authorisation <==> file-upload <==> correlations +* partial-correlations <==> trait-editting <==> gemma analysis + +etc. + +### API Tests + +There is need for tests to ensure that all expected endpoints are up and running. + +Maybe even check that the data is correct. + +### Performance and Responsiveness + +There is a need to ensure that the system does not take forever to compute stuff. + +There is a single performance tests module in +=> https://github.com/genenetwork/genenetwork3/tree/main/tests/performance the performance tests directory +for Genenetwork 3 but it is run manually, and mostly tests a very specific query that might or might not have been used in the code. + +The performance tests in GN3 should probably be focussed on checking the following (among others): + +* Each API endpoint responds within a specified amount of time +* Select computation-heavy functions respond within a specified amount of time for given data +* Database-querying functions used in the system respond within specified amount of time + +etc. + +This is relevant since GN3 is behind Nginx which defines a timeout. + +### Regression Tests + +Checks that previously working features are not broken. These can be added as we go along + +## Genenetwork 2 + +### Unit Tests + +Present under the +=> https://github.com/genenetwork/genenetwork2/tree/testing/wqflask/tests/unit unit tests directory +in the GN2 repository. + +### Integration + +Genenetwork 2 has a "Mechanical Rob" testing system that is under construction whose purpose (as far as I - fredm - can tell) is to "walk" some common paths that have multiple logical units working together, thus performing some form of integration testing. + +The only issue I (fredm) find in that as it is currently, it will not be able to test javascript interactions that are crucial to some operations in certain flows. + +### Performance and Responsiveness + +Since GN2 is not meant to handle computations itself, the bigger concern here is responsiveness. + +There might need to be checks for responsiveness built in. + +### Regression Tests + +Checks that previously working features are not broken. These can be added as we go along + +## [[OTHER SYSTEMS GO HERE]] |