could ildg wrote: > I want to know something about unittest these days, > and since I'm learning python, I want to touch it through > python. But when I found the newest pyunit is even so > old, I wonder if it is still usable for current python version > 2.4. Will you please tell me? Thank you.
unittest is a standard Python module since Python 2.1. It is a version of PyUnit. > What are the advantages and disadvantages of unittest? > Can somebody give me a detailed listing? Of unittest the module or unit testing the practice? If you mean the module, you might be interested in these articles comparing unittest, py.test and doctest: http://agiletesting.blogspot.com/2005/01/python-unit-testing-part-1-unittest.html http://agiletesting.blogspot.com/2005/01/python-unit-testing-part-2-doctest.html http://agiletesting.blogspot.com/2005_01_01_agiletesting_archive.html If you mean the practice, Google is your friend. Countless books and articles have been written about unit testing. Kent -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list