
Test & Code
The Python Test Podcast hosted by Brian Okken
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Sep 11, 2015 • 14min
4: Test Fixtures: Setup, Teardown, and so much more
Setup and Teardown
Benefits of Test Fixtures
code reuse
cleanup of resources
errors vs failures
focusing your thinking on what you are testing and what you are not
scoping for efficiency
Brief look at pytest named fixtures
References
pytest fixtures series
pytest fixtures nuts & bolts
pytest session scoped fixtures
unittest fixtures
nose fixtures mentioned in introduction
nose fixture reference post
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Sep 2, 2015 • 26min
3: Why test?
Answering a listener question.
Why testing?
What are the benefits?
Why automated testing over manual testing?
Why test first?
Why do automated testing during development?
Why test to the user level API?
After describing my ideal test strategy and project, I list:
Business related, practical benefits of testing
Personal reasons to embrace testing
Pragmatic, day to day, developer benefits of testing
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Aug 20, 2015 • 12min
2: Pytest vs Unittest vs Nose
I list my requirements for a framework and discuss how Pytest, Unittest, and Nose measure up to those requirements.
Mentioned:
pytest
unittest
nose
delayed assert
pytest-expect
doctest
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