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Python Testing with pytest
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Python Testing with pytest

by Brian Okken
February 2022
Intermediate to advanced
274 pages
6h 28m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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Exercises

This chapter, and the rest of the book, is designed so that you can follow along on your own. Doing the exercises at the end can help cement your learning. They should only take a few minutes.

The following exercises are intended to

  • get you comfortable with virtual environments,
  • make sure you can install pytest, and
  • get you writing a few test files and using different types of assert statements.

pytest allows you to write new small tests quickly. Seeing for yourself just how quickly by writing some tests on your own should be fun. Actually, testing should be fun. Starting now to learn how to play with test code will help you avoid fear of writing tests in the future.

Also, you really need to know about any trouble you have installing or ...

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