An article on Python testing and possibly debugging
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In this tutorial, you will learn the basics of testing with Python and the built-in unittest module You can also read the article that this video is based on at Mouse vs Python here: Python 3 Testing: An Intro to unittest
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This video tutorial teaches you the basics of using Python’s doctest module for testing your code. This video is based on my article, Python Testing with doctest. Want to learn more Python? Check out some of my Python books on Leanpub, Gumroad, or Amazon.
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A code kata is a fun way for computer programmers to practice coding. They are also used a lot for learning how to implement Test Driven Development (TDD) when writing code. One of the popular programming katas is called FizzBuzz. This is also a popular interview question for computer programmers. The concept behind FizzBuzz is
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Coverage.py is a 3rd party tool for Python that is used for measuring your code coverage. It was originally created by Ned Batchelder. The term “coverage” in programming circles is typically used to describe the effectiveness of your tests and how much of your code is actually covered by tests. You can use coverage.py with
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The unittest module now includes a mock submodule as of Python 3.3. It will allow you to replace portions of the system that you are testing with mock objects as well as make assertions about how they were used. A mock object is used for simulating system resources that aren’t available in your test environment.
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The unittest module is actually a testing framework that was originally inspired by JUnit. It currently supports test automation, the sharing of setup and shutdown code, aggregating tests into collections and the independence of tests from the reporting framework. The unittest frameworks supports the following concepts: Test Fixture – A fixture is what is used
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Every once in a while, I run into a situation where I need dummy data to test my code against. If you need to do tests on a new database or table, you will run into the need for dummy data often. I recently came across an interesting package called Faker. Faker’s sole purpose is
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Python includes a couple of modules for testing in its standard library: doctest and unittest. We will be looking at doctest in this article. The doctest module will search for pieces of text in your code that resemble interactive Python sessions. It will then execute those sessions to verify that they work exactly as written.
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There are several code analysis tools for Python. The most well known is pylint. Then there’s pychecker and now we’re moving on to pyflakes. The pyflakes project is a part of something known as the Divmod Project. Pyflakes doesn’t actually execute the code it checks, unlike pychecker. Of course, pylint also doesn’t execute the code.
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Python code analysis can be a heavy subject, but it can be very helpful in making your programs better. There are several Python code analyzers that you can use to check your code and see if they conform to standards. pylint is probably the most popular. It’s very configurable, customizable and pluggable too. It also
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An appropriate alternate title would be: How to control a web page or test your website with Python. Recently, I was given the following assignment: 1) Login to a website 2) click on a toolbar and load a specific search form 3) enter some data into one of the fields on the form and search
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The venerated TiP BoF (Testing in Python “Birds of a Feather”) meeting was held Saturday (3/12/2011) night around 7 p.m. Disney provided free pizza and salads. Someone else (I think) provided some pop. The room was packed with standing room only in the back. While people were eating, Terry Peppers of Leapfrog led the meeting.
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Python code testing is something new to me. It’s not required where I work, so I haven’t spent much time looking into it, besides reading a book on the subject and reading a few blogs. However, I decided it was high time I check this out and see what all the excitement is about. In
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