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   - ActionListEditor allows to display action lists and add (or remove) items
     to them.
 
+* Build and test
+
+  Build zanshin :
+  ---------------
+  First install the dependencies.
+
+    depends = kdepim-runtime kldap kontactinterface akonadi-search
+    makedepends = extra-cmake-modules kdoctools boost python krunner kdelibs4support kdesignerplugin
+
+  For the tests, you will need Cucumber (you will need to install Ruby first)
+
+  Build :
+    zanshin/build
+    do :
+    > cmake ..
+    > make
+
+
+  Run the test:
+  -------------
+  Zanshin is written in TDD. For each feature you should write a test first.
+  The test are located in zanshin/tests/*
+
+  You have 2 kind of test available :
+  unitest
+   To run the unittest you need to have cmake extra modules (especialy ctest) and to compile the projetc with cmake.
+   you just have to run the command ```ctest``` in zanshin/build/
+  feature test
+   To run those test go to Zanshin/build/tests/features/zanshin and run :
+   > ./zanshin-features-run