Testing with Pytest

Testing with Pytest Book

Chapters

• 1-getting-started-with-pytest
• 2-writing-test-functions
• 3-pytest-fixtures

Chapters Checklist

• Preface
  • What Is pytest?
  • Learn pytest While Testing an Example Application
  • How This Book Is Organized
  • What You Need to Know
  • Example Code and Online Resources
• 1. Getting Started with pytest
  • Getting pytest
  • Running pytest
  • Running Only One Test
  • Using Options
  • Exercises
  • What’s Next
• 2. Writing Test Functions
  • Testing a Package
  • Using assert Statements
  • Expecting Exceptions
  • Marking Test Functions
  • Skipping Tests
  • Marking Tests as Expecting to Fail
  • Running a Subset of Tests
  • Parametrized Testing
  • Exercises
  • What’s Next
• 3. pytest Fixtures
  • Sharing Fixtures Through conftest.py
  • Using Fixtures for Setup and Teardown
  • Tracing Fixture Execution with –setup-show
  • Using Fixtures for Test Data
  • Using Multiple Fixtures
  • Specifying Fixture Scope
  • Specifying Fixtures with usefixtures
  • Using autouse for Fixtures That Always Get Used
  • Renaming Fixtures
  • Parametrizing Fixtures
  • Exercises
  • What’s Next
• 4. Builtin Fixtures
  • Using tmpdir and tmpdir_factory
  • Using pytestconfig
  • Using cache
  • Using capsys
  • Using monkeypatch
  • Using doctest_namespace
  • Using recwarn
  • Exercises
  • What’s Next
• 5. Plugins
  • Finding Plugins
  • Installing Plugins
  • Writing Your Own Plugins
  • Creating an Installable Plugin
  • Testing Plugins
  • Creating a Distribution
  • Exercises
  • What’s Next
• 6. Configuration
  • Understanding pytest Configuration Files
  • Changing the Default Command-Line Options
  • Registering Markers to Avoid Marker Typos
  • Requiring a Minimum pytest Version
  • Stopping pytest from Looking in the Wrong Places
  • Specifying Test Directory Locations
  • Changing Test Discovery Rules
  • Disallowing XPASS
  • Avoiding Filename Collisions
  • Exercises
  • What’s Next
• 7. Using pytest with Other Tools
  • pdb: Debugging Test Failures
  • Coverage.py: Determining How Much Code Is Tested
  • mock: Swapping Out Part of the System
  • tox: Testing Multiple Configurations
  • Jenkins CI: Automating Your Automated Tests
  • unittest: Running Legacy Tests with pytest
  • Exercises
  • What’s Next