python test discovery from commandline and visual studio 2010

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# Projekt Structure

- project_root
  |
  + doc/
  + src/
  + tests/
  + run_tests.bat


# Setup

simply put the run_tests.bat in the root_folder of your projekt and execute it.
for details on how to configure test discovery have a look at the documentation: http://docs.python.org/library/unittest.html#test-discovery


# Visual Studio 2010

in order to use it with python tools for visual studio goto

Tools > External Tools 

add an entry with the following settings:

+------------------------------------------------------+
| Title :               python unittest                |
+------------------------------------------------------+
| Command :             $(SolutionDir)\run_tests.bat   |
+------------------------------------------------------+
| Arguments:            --verbose -p "*test*.py"       |
+------------------------------------------------------+
| Initial Directory:    $(SolutionDir)                 |
+------------------------------------------------------+

run_tests.bat

set PYTHONPATH=%~dp0\src
rem use unittest if your python version > 2.7 and unittest2 if you installed a backport running in python 2.5 or 2.6
python -m unittest2 discover %*