Hello Peter, this was indeed the problem -- I didn't go through manage.py! Weird I didn't have that on the radar anymore.
Putting lists/ onto the Python path did not solve the problem. Thanks for your help! David On 19/09/15 16:07, Peter Otten wrote: > David wrote: > >> Dear Tutors, >> >> I am reading through Harry Percival's "Test-Driven Development with >> Python". >> >> As I finished chapter 3 yesterday, I was fully on track, perfectly >> aligned with the book. >> >> Today I restarted my computer, activated the virtualenv in question -- >> and get an error message that was not there beforehand: >> >> > (Percival_TDD)david@lubuntu:~/PycharmProjects/Percival_TDD/superlists/lists$ >> python tests.py >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "tests.py", line 5, in <module> >> from lists.views import home_page >> ImportError: No module named 'lists' >> >> >> I neither understand why he doesn't find 'lists' anymore nor do I know >> how to solve the problem. Nothing seems to have changed in the meantime... >> >> Can you please guide me towards a solution? >> >> Thank you! >> >> David >> >> >> >> The project structure looks as follows: >> >> (Percival_TDD)david@lubuntu:~/PycharmProjects/Percival_TDD/superlists$ >> tree . >> ├── db.sqlite3 >> ├── functional_tests.py >> ├── lists >> │ ├── admin.py >> │ ├── __init__.py >> │ ├── migrations >> │ │ └── __init__.py >> │ ├── models.py >> │ ├── tests.py >> │ └── views.py >> ├── manage.py >> └── superlists >> ├── __init__.py >> ├── __pycache__ >> │ ├── __init__.cpython-34.pyc >> │ ├── settings.cpython-34.pyc >> │ ├── urls.cpython-34.pyc >> │ └── wsgi.cpython-34.pyc >> ├── settings.py >> ├── urls.py >> └── wsgi.py > > Given this layout you have to ensure that the parent folder of lists is in > sys.path. This can be achieved by setting the PYTHONPATH variable for just > this invocation > > $ PYTHONPATH=.. python tests.py > > or in a more permanent way and preferably with absolute paths. > > However, are you sure you ran tests.py explicitly? I've only had a cursory > look at django and no project handy to check, but if I remember correctly > > $ ./manage.py test > > should take care of the details. > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
