Add testing instructions to README
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Sandbox-simulator UP None scheduled
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+Running The Tests
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+
+To run the included tests the following software is required:
+
+ pep8
+
+ pylint
+
+ nose
+
+ mock
+
+ coverage
+
+These can be installed via the Python Package Index:
+
+ pip install pep8 pylint nose mock coverage
+
+Tests can be executed from the root of the code base as follows:
+
+Style Check
+___________
+
+ pep8 --ignore=E501 *.py gstack
+
+Lint
+____
+
+ pylint --rcfile=pylint.rc *.py gstack
+
+Unit Tests
+___________
+
+ nosetests --with-coverage --cover-erase --cover-package=gstack --cover-html
+
+A HTML base coverage report will be placed in ./cover
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