Testing Decentralized Applications with Rollux
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For the most part running applications on Rollux is identical to running them on Ethereum or Syscoin NEVM, so the testing is identical too. In this article you learn the best practices for Rollux testing where there are differences.
# Unit tests and single layer integration tests
The vast majority of tests do not involve any Rollux-specific features. In those cases, while you could test everything on Rollux, that would normally be inefficient. Most Ethereum development stacks include features that make testing easier, which normal Ethereum clients, such as geth (and our modified version, l2geth) don't support. Therefore, it is a good idea to run the majority of tests, which do not rely on Rollux-specific features, in the development stack. It is a lot faster.
Ideally you would want to be able to run some tests on Rollux (either a local development environment or the test network. This would be a much slower process, but it would let you identify cases where the equivalence between rollux and Syscoin breaks down (or the equivalence between Syscoin itself and the development stack, for that matter).
# Multilayer integration tests
Some dapps need Rollux-specific features that aren't available as part of the development stack. For example, if your decentralized application relies on inter-domain communication, the effort of developing a stub to let you debug it in a development stack is probably greater than the hassle of having the automated test go to a local development environment each time.
# Integration with other products
In many cases a decentralized application requires the services of other contracts. For example, Perpetual v. 2 (opens new window) cannot function without Uniswap v. 3 (opens new window).
If that is the case you can use mainnet forking (opens new window).
It works with Rollux with the exception of transactions that use the L1BlockNumber opcode directly.
Alternatively, you can connect to our test network if those contracts are also deployed there (in some cases they are).