remix-project/docs/unittesting_tab.md

Unit Testing
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The unit testing tab allows to run unit testing.

![image](images/remix_unittest.png)

Generate test File
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This create a new solidity file in the current folder suffixed with `_test`.
This file contains the minimun you need for running unit testing.

Run Tests
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This execute tests. The execution is run in a separate environment and the result is displayed below.

| Available functions  | Supported types |

| ------------- | ------------- |

| `Assert.ok()`  | `bool`  |

| `Assert.equal()`  | `uint`, `int`, `bool`, `address`, `bytes32`, `string`  |

| `Assert.notEqual()` | `uint`, `int`, `bool`, `address`, `bytes32`, `string`  |

| `Assert.greaterThan()` | `uint`, `int` |

| `Assert.lesserThan()` | `uint`, `int` |

see [https://github.com/ethereum/remix/blob/master/remix-tests/tests/examples_4/SafeMath_test.sol](https://github.com/ethereum/remix/blob/master/remix-tests/tests/examples_4/SafeMath_test.sol) for some code sample

Continuous integration
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remix-tests is also a CLI, it can be used in a continuous integration environement which support node.js.
Please find more information in the [remix-test repository](https://github.com/ethereum/remix/tree/master/remix-tests)

See also: example [Su Squares contract](https://github.com/su-squares/ethereum-contract/tree/e542f37d4f8f6c7b07d90a6554424268384a4186) and [Travis build](https://travis-ci.org/su-squares/ethereum-contract/builds/446186067) that uses remix-tests for continuous integration testing.