# Recommendation on unit test / testing strategy for paraview based application or paraview plugins
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/recommendation-on-unit-test-testing-strategy-for-paraview-based-application-or-paraview-plugins/1936
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [May 28, 2019, 5:45am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/recommendation-on-unit-test-testing-strategy-for-paraview-based-application-or-paraview-plugins/1936 "2019-05-28T05:45:36Z")
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### Author:  [@sharon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/sharon)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2019, 5:45am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/recommendation-on-unit-test-testing-strategy-for-paraview-based-application-or-paraview-plugins/1936/1 "2019-05-28T05:45:36Z")
Dear Experts,
Could you please give me some instructions / recommendation for testing paraview based application or paraview plugins.
I developed some paraview plugins, like readers, filters, and i also want to develop some GUI that take paraview GUI as example.
So my question is How to test them?
Can i write some unit test that can auto run after build? How?
How to test GUI automatically?
Best Regards,
Sharon
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2019, 7:29am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/recommendation-on-unit-test-testing-strategy-for-paraview-based-application-or-paraview-plugins/1936/2 "2019-05-28T07:29:14Z")
Use GUI XLM test or Python test.
You can take a look into any Plugins directory for examples.
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### Author:  [@sharon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/sharon)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2019, 12:51pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/recommendation-on-unit-test-testing-strategy-for-paraview-based-application-or-paraview-plugins/1936/3 "2019-05-28T12:51:12Z")
Thank you Mathieu!
Best Regards,
Sharon