Chapter 11. Testing Object-oriented Programs

Most skilled Python programmers agree that testing is one of the most important aspects of software development in Python. Even though this chapter is placed near the end of the book, it is not an afterthought; everything we have studied so far will help us when writing tests. We'll be studying:

  • The importance of unit testing and test-driven development
  • The standard unittest module
  • The py.test automated testing suite
  • Code coverage

Why test?

More and more programmers are learning how important testing their code is. If you're among them, feel free to skim this section. You'll find the next section, where we actually learn how to do the tests in Python, more scintillating. If you're not convinced of the importance ...

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