Use pytest and coverage

[Zeitsperre]

I can see that a file package_test.py is in the top-level, but we could potentially make use of pytest to make the testing process much more standardized.

Testing for code coverage (https://pypi.org/project/pytest-cov/) might also be of interest for maintainability. If this is of interest, let me know.

[iamtekson]

Yes, you are right. We can add the pytest to make the testing process. But I am not familiar with this tool. You can please proceed. We can discuss further if you need any clearification.

[dvignoles]

I noticed that the tests contain hard coded file paths . Would it make sense to instead include the testing data as part of the repository? Or perhaps reference some data publicly available on the web?

In terms of integration testing with geoserver, it might also make sense to spin up a geoserver docker container as part of the test run. There's a library pytest-docker for just that sort of thing.

Let me know what you think. This package has been super helpful for me already and I'd like to contribute!

[iamtekson]

Hi @dvignoles, Thank you for addressing this issue. Please sure you can integrate the docker container as a part of the test run. Thank you.