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csaxs_bec/tests/tests_bec_ipython_client
x01dcandClaude Sonnet 5 46cadc8894 fix(lamni): show progress GUI on scan start, clear busy heartbeat on exit
Mirrors two fixes already made to Flomni.tomo_scan(): LamNI.tomo_scan()
never opened the progress GUI automatically, and left a stale "busy"
heartbeat for up to 120s after a scan had already finished (or crashed),
since it was only ever reset at the start of the next scan.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-16 14:21:45 +02:00
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Getting Started with Testing using pytest

BEC is using the pytest framework. It can be installed via

pip install pytest

in your python environment. We note that pytest is part of the optional-dependencies [dev] of the plugin package.

Introduction

Tests in this package should be stored in the tests directory. We suggest to sort tests of different submodules, i.e. scans or devices in the respective folder structure, and to folow a naming convention of <test_module_name.py>. It is mandatory for test files to begin with test_ for pytest to discover them.

To run all tests, navigate to the directory of the plugin from the command line, and run the command

pytest -v --random-order ./tests

Note, the python environment needs to be active. The additional arg -v allows pytest to run in verbose mode which provides more detailed information about the tests being run. The argument --random-order instructs pytest to run the tests in random order, which is the default in the CI pipelines.

Test examples

Writing tests can be quite specific for the given function. We recommend writing tests as isolated as possible, i.e. try to test single functions instead of full classes. A very useful class to enable isolated testing is MagicMock. In addition, we also recommend to take a look at the How-to guides from pytest.