Python Unit Test Automation: Automate, Organize, and Execute Unit Tests in Python

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A. PajankarPython Unit Test Automationhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7854-3_4

4. nose and nose2

Ashwin Pajankar¹  

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Nashik, Maharashtra, India

 

The last chapter introduced xUnit and unittest. In this chapter, you will explore yet another unit-testing API for Python, called nose. Its tagline is nose extends unittest to make testing easier.

You can use nose’s API to write and run automated tests. You can also use nose to run tests written in other frameworks like unittest. This chapter also explores the next actively developed and maintained iteration of nose, nose2.

Introduction to nose

nose is not part of Python’s standard library. You have to install it ...