Python Testing: Beginner’s Guide

The book begins with the very foundations of automated testing, and expands on them until the best-practice tools and techniques are fully covered. New concepts are illustrated with step-by-step hands-on exercises. Testing will be easier and more enjoyable with this beginner’s guide. If you are a Python developer and want to write tests for your applications, this book will get you started and show you the easiest way to learn testing. You need to have sound Python programming knowledge to follow along. An awareness of software testing would be good, but no formal knowledge of testing is expected nor do you need to have any knowledge of the libraries discussed in the book.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Testing for Fun and Profit
Chapter 2: Doctest: The Easiest Testing Tool
Chapter 3: Unit Testing with Doctest
Chapter 4: Breaking Tight Coupling by using Mock Objects
Chapter 5: When Doctest isn’t Enough: Unittest to the Rescue
Chapter 6: Running Your Tests: Follow Your Nose
Chapter 7: Developing a Test-Driven Project
Chapter 8: Testing Web Application Frontends using Twill
Chapter 9: Integration Testing and System Testing
Chapter 10: Other Testing Tools and Techniques
Appendix: Answers to Pop Quizes