Add testing frameworks for notebooks, update documentation

docs/source/debug.rst

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ These steps are performed using the GNU Debugger (GDB), so ensure it is installe
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
+    cd build
     cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -D CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$CONDA_PREFIX -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$CONDA_PREFIX -D CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib ..
 
 In the same folder, run the command and copy the JSON displayed in the terminal.
@@ -34,5 +35,5 @@ Testing
 
 The source code for the c++ tests is located in `test/test_interpreter.cpp`. The source code for the python tests is located in `test/test_xcpp_kernel.py`.
 Write the necessary tests and build the project as described in the repository's README or contributing guidelines. 
-Then, execute `build/test/test_xeus_cpp` from the top level directory to verify if the c++ tests were successful,
-and `pytest -sv build/test/test_xcpp_kernel.py` to execute the python tests.
+Then, execute `build/test/test_xeus_cpp` from the top level directory to verify if the c++ tests were successful.
+and in the test directory run `pytest -sv build/test/test_xcpp_kernel.py` to execute the python tests.

environment-dev.yml

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ dependencies:
   # Test dependencies
   - pytest
   - jupyter_kernel_test>=0.5,<0.6
+  - papermill
+  - nbformat
   - nbval
   - pytest-rerunfailures
   - doctest

test/Notebooks/Untitled.ipynb

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+{
+ "cells": [
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 1,
+   "id": "5b32725b-d7df-4756-b179-68ed3c429d3f",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "#include <iostream>"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 2,
+   "id": "cbf10f24-99a1-434d-b71a-4f8920e5ebb6",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "int a = 12;"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 4,
+   "id": "f269cf5a-b365-4a1a-9a79-44f2222e6829",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "12"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "std::cout<<a;"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "b1650dcc-0728-4d0f-a156-b8ee0c8b40e3",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": []
+  }
+ ],
+ "metadata": {
+  "kernelspec": {
+   "display_name": "cpp 20 (xcpp)",
+   "language": "cpp",
+   "name": "xcpp"
+  },
+  "language_info": {
+   "codemirror_mode": "text/x-c++src",
+   "file_extension": ".cpp",
+   "mimetype": "text/x-c++src",
+   "name": "C++",
+   "version": "20"
+  }
+ },
+ "nbformat": 4,
+ "nbformat_minor": 5
+}

test/test_xcpp_kernel.py

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 import unittest
 import jupyter_kernel_test
 import platform
-
+import papermill as pm
+import nbformat
 
 class XCppCompleteTests(jupyter_kernel_test.KernelTests):
 
@@ -132,6 +133,43 @@ class XCppTests(jupyter_kernel_test.KernelTests):
             }
         ]
 
+    #Helper function to execute the notebooks
+    def execute_notebook(inp, out):
+
+        # Execute the notebook
+        executed_notebook = pm.execute_notebook(
+            inp,
+            out,
+            log_output=True,
+            kernel_name='xcpp20'
+        )
+
+        # Read the input and output notebooks
+        with open(inp) as f:
+            input_nb = nbformat.read(f, as_version=4)
+        with open(out) as f:
+            output_nb = nbformat.read(f, as_version=4)
+
+        check = True
+
+        # Iterate over the cells in the input and output notebooks
+        for input_cell, output_cell in zip(input_nb.cells, output_nb.cells):
+            if input_cell.cell_type == 'code' and output_cell.cell_type == 'code':
+                # Check the outputs of the cells
+                for input_output, output_output in zip(input_cell.outputs, output_cell.outputs):
+                    if input_output.get('text') != output_output.get('text'):
+                        check = False
+                        break
+
+        return check
+
+    # Tests for Notebooks
+    class XCppNotebookTests(unittest.TestCase):
+
+        def test_simple_notebook(self):
+            self.assertEqual(execute_notebook('Notebooks/Untitled.ipynb', 'Notebooks/Untitled_output.ipynb'), True)
+
+
 
 class XCppTests2(jupyter_kernel_test.KernelTests):