Writing Chainsaw tests¶

This documentation focuses on providing a breakdown of the Chainsaw test structure and how to use it.

What is a test?¶

To put it simply, a test can be represented as an ordered sequence of test steps.

In turn, a test step can be represented as an ordered sequence of operations.

• When an operation fails the test is considered failed
• If all operations succeed the test is considered successful

Definition approach¶

Chainsaw supports two different test definition approaches:

• The explicit approach (strongly recommended)
• The conventional approach

General concepts¶

The concepts below are at the heart of Chainsaw:

• Inheritance
• Test namespace
• Bindings
• Templating
• Outputs
• References
• Operation checks

Test and Step specs¶

Browse the test and step specs to learn all the details and options:

• Test spec
• Test step spec