learning unit testing in python
Hi all. I'd like learn some basic unit testing with python. I red some articles about different testing framework like unittest or nose, but I'm a bit confused: what is the best choice? I'm not a professional developer (I'm a SEO) but I belive that unit testing is a good and pragmatic way to produce working software, so I'd like to find something really simple ad straightforward because I don't have to manage big programming projects. Thanks in advance, Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: learning unit testing in python
A good starting point is Mark Pilgrim's Dive Into Python. http://www.diveintopython.org/unit_testing/index.html Josh On Jun 23, 7:55 am, Alex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all. I'd like learn some basic unit testing with python. I red some articles about different testing framework like unittest or nose, but I'm a bit confused: what is the best choice? I'm not a professional developer (I'm a SEO) but I belive that unit testing is a good and pragmatic way to produce working software, so I'd like to find something really simple ad straightforward because I don't have to manage big programming projects. Thanks in advance, Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: learning unit testing in python
Hi all. I'd like learn some basic unit testing with python. I red some articles about different testing framework like unittest or nose, but I'm a bit confused: what is the best choice? I'm not a professional developer (I'm a SEO) but I belive that unit testing is a good and pragmatic way to produce working software, so I'd like to find something really simple ad straightforward because I don't have to manage big programming projects. Thanks in advance, Alex Have you checked out doctest? http://docs.python.org/lib/module-doctest.html It's the best way to add few tests to function or class, you just add them to docstring. Unit tests are somewhat demanding as they usualy require creating another file just for storing them, but are ofcourse more powerful as well. For example, unittest module alows you to execute a section of code before or after each test to initialize values and clean up. Nose module has few extra features, but it can also run test writen for unittest, so it's easy to switch if you find standard library module lacking for your purpose. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: learning unit testing in python
On 23 Giu, 21:26, Josip [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all. I'd like learn some basic unit testing with python. I red some articles about different testing framework like unittest or nose, but I'm a bit confused: what is the best choice? I'm not a professional developer (I'm a SEO) but I belive that unit testing is a good and pragmatic way to produce working software, so I'd like to find something really simple ad straightforward because I don't have to manage big programming projects. Thanks in advance, Alex Have you checked out doctest?http://docs.python.org/lib/module-doctest.html It's the best way to add few tests to function or class, you just add them to docstring. Unit tests are somewhat demanding as they usualy require creating another file just for storing them, but are ofcourse more powerful as well. For example, unittest module alows you to execute a section of code before or after each test to initialize values and clean up. Nose module has few extra features, but it can also run test writen for unittest, so it's easy to switch if you find standard library module lacking for your purpose. Tanks a lot. I'll the resources you suggest.. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: learning unit testing in python
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Alex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all. I'd like learn some basic unit testing with python. I red some articles about different testing framework like unittest or nose, but I'm a bit confused: what is the best choice? I'm not a professional developer (I'm a SEO) but I belive that unit testing is a The best framework is nose at http://www.somethingaboutorange.com/mrl/projects/nose/. If you aren't already familiar with unit testing then http://diveintopython.org has a good tutorial about it at http://diveintopython.org/unit_testing/index.html. -- mvh Björn -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
