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< p > Testing is always an important aspect of any software development project, and
NixOS offers some incredibly powerful tools to write tests for your
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< p > Unit tests can be created from regular derivations, and they can do
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almost anything you can imagine. By convention, it is best to test your
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be built during CI.< / p >
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< p > All your profiles defined in suites will be tested in a NixOS VM.< / p >
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< p > You can write integration tests for one or more NixOS VMs that can,
optionally, be networked together, and yes, it's as awesome as it sounds!< / p >
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< p > Be sure to use the < code > mkTest< / code > function from digga, < code > digga.lib.pkgs-lib.mkTest< / code >
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which wraps the official < a href = "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/master/nixos/lib/testing-python.nix" > testing-python< / a > function to ensure
that the system is setup exactly as it is for a bare DevOS system. There are
already great resources for learning how to use these tests effectively,
including the official < a href = "https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/index.html#sec-nixos-tests" > docs< / a > , a fantastic < a href = "https://www.haskellforall.com/2020/11/how-to-use-nixos-for-lightweight.html" > blog post< / a > ,
and the examples in < a href = "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/master/nixos/tests" > nixpkgs< / a > .< / p >
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