Install/upgrade/missing API problem?

[IanBadcoe]

I am just looking to use some unit-tests for the first time with Godot and I found gdUnit and it seemed suitable because it has C# support...

Initially I only found the older 5.0.3 asset, so I tried that, it seemed to install OK but when enabled the console said there was a newer version and to use "update" in the setting... not sure if I found the right settings but I found this:

but it did not do anything...

Then I realised there was a newer version and I looked again in the assets and found the newer one. Disabled the old one, removed the whole folder, restarted, downloaded the new one and enabled it.

The console still says there is a new one and the update button in the settings still doesn't do anything, additionally there is now an additional error in the "output"

This is now with the latest Godot, stable. mono... Previously I was on 4.4.1 but I updated after the older gdUnit appeared not to be working, it is possible that is why the newer one appeared...

Basically I just need some info on whether any of this is expected and whether the plugin is actually working or not. I'm going to assume it is and dive into the docs and create a test test or two, just in case that throws up more oddities I wanted to get a query posted here so that it could be pre-emptively working it's way around whatever timezones people are in...

Thanks,

Ian

[MikeSchulze]

Hello @IanBadcoe, GdUnit4 has its own update notification feature.
Open the GdUnit4 settings and check whether the update notification is enabled.

https://mikeschulze.github.io/gdUnit4/latest/first_steps/settings/#updates
You can then open the “Update” tab to update to the latest version.

I am not familiar with this update button under “Edit Plugin”; it must be new. In my opinion, the button currently has no function, and the EditorPlugin API has no update functions to implement.

[IanBadcoe]

OK, thanks! I found the update now... as a person who didn't already know where things are I doubt I would have found that at all soon, the "update" on the plugins pop-up was a total red herring. And I probably wouldn't think to look for a button on the gdUnit tab, rather than somewhere in the plugin system or project settings...

I now have 6.0.1 installed but the error in the output is still there, my attempts to write a test test are failing as the namespaces required by the sample code don't seem to exist, which would fit with the API really being missing...

[MikeSchulze]

Hi, you should read the C# install instructions to complete your test setup.

[IanBadcoe]

Ah! Thank you again...

((I feel that, if you want to avoid having to answer this same question quite frequently, you need to get that information in front of the user immediately after they install the package (at least if running godot-mono...)

A pop-up which asked "shall I add a nuget dependency to your project so you can unit-test C#" would be perfect...

However, the little I have looked into project generation from Godot leads me to think it is probably not advanced enough to do that. In which case a message in the console would also work well. I have installed other Godot packages which have required additional setup and they have basically prompted me, so I knew it was required...))

OK, so my example test now compiles, however the UI shows this:

And no amount of refreshing, rebuilding, running, closing and reopening seems to make any difference... Do I also need any of the other Nuget packages? I feel the docs have implied I don't, but...

Thanks,

Ian

[MikeSchulze]

The documentation should be good enough, there is no explicit need to install the c# dependencies.
There are users using the Godot mono without c# tests ;)

Did you follow the complete installation instructions? For example, did you rebuild the project?
Can you please provide your project file?

[IanBadcoe]

The documentation should be good enough, there is no explicit need to install the c# dependencies.
There are users using the Godot mono without c# tests ;)

Neither of these is a remotely valid thing to say, I'll look for some other system that suits my needs...

[MikeSchulze]

Neither of these is remotely valid.

@IanBadcoe I don't understand, what's the problem?
The documentation describes exactly what steps you need to take to work with the GdUnit4 API.
In general, it's common practice to read the documentation and not expect everything to work out of the box.
A C# project setup has to be maintained manually, changing this by installing the plugin would be an intrusion into the user's project.

I am always open to improvements, but please be constructive. Please also bear in mind that I maintain this project in my spare time and do not earn any money from it.

Best regards, Mike