unittest basically provides what JUnit does for Java. It offers a base class called TestCase, which has an extensive set of methods to verify the output of function calls and statements. It is the most basic and common Python testing library and often serves as a basis for more complex and elaborate testing frameworks.
This module was created with unit tests in mind, but you can use it to write other kinds of tests. It is even possible to use it in acceptance testing flows with user interface layer integration, as some testing libraries provide helpers to drive tools such as Selenium on top of unittest.
Writing a simple unit test for a module using unittest is done by subclassing TestCase and writing methods with the test prefix. ...
