esphome/tests/README.md

Tests for ESPHome

This directory contains some tests for ESPHome. At the moment, all the tests only work by simply executing esphome over some YAML files that are made to test whether the yaml gets converted to the proper C++ code.

Of course this is all just very high-level and things like unit tests would be much better. So if you have time and know how to set up a unit testing framework for python, please do give it a try.

When adding entries in test_.yaml files we usually need only one file updated, unless conflicting code is generated for different configurations, e.g. wifi and ethernet cannot be tested on the same device.

Current test_.yaml file contents.

Test name	Platform	Network
test1.yaml	ESP32	wifi
test2.yaml	ESP32	ethernet
test3.yaml	ESP8266	wifi
test4.yaml	ESP32	ethernet