Testing Guide

Running Tests

The project uses pytest for testing. To run the test suite:

pytest tests/

Test Structure

Model Tests (tests/test_models.py)

• Tests for the ControlTable model
• Status transition validation
• Default values and constraints

API Tests (tests/test_api.py)

• Endpoint testing
• Request validation
• Error handling
• Bulk operations

Writing Tests

1. Use the provided fixtures in conftest.py
2. Follow the existing test patterns
3. Include both positive and negative test cases
4. Test edge cases and error conditions

Test Database

Tests use SQLite in-memory database by default. The test configuration automatically creates and tears down the database for each test.