On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 12:41 PM, Danny Yoo <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 11:41 AM, Alan Gauld <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On 01/03/15 16:19, Fatimah Taghdi wrote: > >> > >> Hello I was wondering how to test a class in python is it the same way > as > >> testing a function ? > > > Depending on the design of the class, there might be a little bit more > set-up involved. But the ideas are similar. > > > In a test case for a function, we have a few things in hand: > > 1. The function being tested. > 2. The parameters we're going to pass as inputs to that function. > 3. The expected output we want to see if the function is behaving > properly. > > > In a test case for a class, we have a few more things in hand. > > 1. The class being tested. > 2. The parameters we use to create the class instance. > 3. The particular method of the class that we're testing. > 4. The parameters we're going to pass as inputs to that method. > 5. The expected output we want to see if the method is behaving > properly. > > So you can see that the core concept for testing is the same: we > express the things that are going to change, and we also say what the > expected result is supposed to be. It just so happens that classes > can have a lot more state, and this can contribute to a few extra > steps to do the test set up.. > I suggest PyUnit for easier testing. Here is a very good guide: http://pyunit.sourceforge.net/pyunit.html > > > Do you have a particular class in mind? > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > -- Marcos | I love PHP, Linux, and Java <http://javadevnotes.com/java-double-to-string-examples> _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
