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+.. -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+Tests
+=====
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+
+Unit tests
+----------
+
+`CubicWeb` framework provides essentially two Python test classes in the
+module `cubicweb.devtools.apptest`:
+
+* `EnvBasedTC`, to simulate a complete environment (web + repository)
+* `RepositoryBasedTC`, to simulate a repository environment only
+
+Thos two classes almost have the same interface and offers numerous methods to
+write tests rapidely and efficiently.
+
+XXX FILLME describe API
+
+In most of the cases, you will inherit `EnvBasedTC` to write Unittest or
+functional tests for your entities, views, hooks, etc...
+
+
+Email notifications tests
+-------------------------
+When running tests potentially generated e-mails are not really
+sent but is found in the list `MAILBOX` of module `cubicweb.devtools.apptest`. 
+This list is reset at each test *setUp* (by the setUp of classes `EnvBasedTC`
+and `RepositoryBasedTC`).
+
+	
+You can test your notifications by analyzing the contents of this list, which
+contains objects with two attributes:
+* `recipients`, the list of recipients
+* `msg`, object email.Message
+
+
+Automatic testing
+-----------------
+XXXFILLME