Python Testing with pytest

Review

In this chapter, we covered a lot about fixtures:

• Fixtures are @pytest.fixture() decorated functions.

• Test functions or other fixtures depend on a fixture by putting its name in their parameter list.

• Fixtures can return data using return or yield.

• Code before the yield is the setup code. Code after the yield is the teardown code.

• Fixtures can be set to function, class, module, package, or session scope. The default is function scope. You can even define the scope dynamically.

• Multiple test functions can use the same fixture.

• Multiple test modules can use the same fixture if it’s in a conftest.py file.

• Multiple fixtures at different scope can speed up test suites while maintaining test isolation.

• Tests and fixtures can use multiple fixtures. ...