Add documentation of the setup.cfg flag for pdb

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Calen Pennington
2013-04-17 12:26:52 -04:00
parent 9f158774e4
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@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ If if you aren't changing static files, can run `rake test` once, then run
or
rake fasttest_cms
xmodule can be tested independently, with this:
rake test_common/lib/xmodule
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ To run a single nose test:
nosetests common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/tests/test_stringify.py:test_stringify
Very handy: if you uncomment the `--pdb` argument in `NOSE_ARGS` in `lms/envs/test.py`, it will drop you into pdb on error. This lets you go up and down the stack and see what the values of the variables are. Check out http://docs.python.org/library/pdb.html
Very handy: if you uncomment the `pdb=1` line in `setup.cfg`, it will drop you into pdb on error. This lets you go up and down the stack and see what the values of the variables are. Check out http://docs.python.org/library/pdb.html
### Javascript Tests
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ To run the tests headless, you must install phantomjs (http://phantomjs.org/down
rake phantomjs_jasmine_{lms,cms}
If the `phantomjs` binary is not on the path, set the `PHANTOMJS_PATH` environment variable to point to it
PHANTOMJS_PATH=/path/to/phantomjs rake phantomjs_jasmine_{lms,cms}
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ When you connect to the LMS, you need to use the public ip. Use `ifconfig` to f
## Content development
If you change course content, while running the LMS in dev mode, it is unnecessary to restart to refresh the modulestore.
If you change course content, while running the LMS in dev mode, it is unnecessary to restart to refresh the modulestore.
Instead, hit /migrate/modules to see a list of all modules loaded, and click on links (eg /migrate/reload/edx4edx) to reload a course.