Testing Qt plugins

[mbnoimi]

Hello,

What's best way to test Qt plugins which used for building Qt Application Plugin based?

Usually I make my tests through the main GUI interface application but I wonder is there any way to run or test this kind of plugins from test interface instead of the main GUI interface?

[SGaist]

Hi,

What I do is to write a test suite using QTest within the plugin project to test everything.

If things rely on a user interaction, I usually write a little test application for the functionality

Hope it helps

[mbnoimi]

bq. What I do is to write a test suite using QTest within the plugin project to test everything.

I never used QTest before so I've to read about it now.

Btw, Do you've any example or tutorial about how to use it in nutshell?

[SGaist]

It's really as simple as what the documentation shows.
What I generally do is create a subfolder tests where all test resides. IIRC you can even create the test projects directly from QtCreator

[koahnig]

A good start for me was creating a test project with creator.

Create a new project in creator. Under "Other Porjects" there is "Qt Unit Test". The creation allows you to make a couple of choices. IMHO it is quite easy to start.

There is a "testlib overview":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.0/qttestlib/qtest-overview.html and "there is QTest tutorial":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.0/qttestlib/qtest-tutorial.html