[Kstars-devel] Re: Application to SOCIS 2011

[Alexey Khudyakov]

On 22.07.2011 19:45, Rafał Kułaga wrote:
> Hi Diogo,
>
> Thanks for your interest in applying for project in KStars! The scope
> of the project as outlined on ideas page is rather impossible to do in
> just three months (minus the time you'll need to make yourself
> familiar with KStars source code, as it'll be vital to this project),
> so you'll need to indicate in your proposal what exactly you plan to
> do. Also, as tests are really important for any kind of refactoring
> projects, you should describe how you plan to test your changes, to
> ensure that no regression are introduced.
>
Indeed tests are vital and kstars do not have a single one. I think
adding a testsuite is suitable project for SOCIS. Creating tests for 
numeric code is far from trivial. Moreover you'll likeky have to 
refactor code and split it to smaller pieces to be able test them 
independently.