A primitive for assertions

[danielvartan]

Defensive programming tools would be a welcome addition. As Isaac said, this will become easier once NetLogo implements modules support.

I created several defensive programming functions/procedures in LogoUtils to help with this, based on the checkmate R package conventions:

GitHub - danielvartan/logoutils: 🧰 Utility Functions for NetLogo

For other discussions and solutions around code testing tools, see:

Code testing tools

Our recent interviews with NetLogo users identified tools for testing code as a development need. And recent literature on good practices in agent-based modeling identifies the lack of code testing, or even a culture of testing, as a major concern–a sign that agent-based modeling is not yet a mature approach to science. Building tools for testing code into NetLogo would make it easier to test code, and would promote a code-testing culture by reminding users that code is not finished until it’s t…