major redo of period totals function

dmapp/tests/test_dmapp.py

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+import os
+import sys
+import unittest
+
+sys.path.append(os.path.abspath('../'))
+from dmweb import create_app
+
+
+class TestDeskMeter(unittest.TestCase): 
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        pass 
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(cls):
+        pass 
+
+    def setUp(self):
+
+    	dmapp = create_app()
+    	self.client = dmapp.test_client()
+    	self.client.testing = True
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        pass 
+
+    # test method
+    def test_home_status_code(self):
+        result = self.client.get('/') 
+
+        # assert the status code of the response
+        self.assertEqual(result.status_code, 200) 
+
+
+# runs the unit tests in the module
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  unittest.main()