pytest

Python, being a versatile and widely used programming language, offers several testing frameworks to facilitate the testing process. Two prominent choices are pytest and unittest, both of which come with their own sets of features and advantages.

Join us to learn how you can use pytest to find bugs, improve code quality, and even have some fun along the way.

Brian wears many hats including being a host for multiple Python podcasts and the author of Python Testing with pytest and has recently launched his new pytest course. Mostly, Brian spends his free time telling people they should write good, clean automated tests, specifically using pytest.

Testing is a major part of Python development and pytest has become the leading testing framework. Brian Okken, author of the recent book Python Testing with pytest and host of the Test and Code podcast, helps you “level up” your pytest skill.

One of the most popular frameworks for Python is pytest, and it comes with several cool features. I’m going to show you three of them in this blog post.

Test writing is productive and fun with PyCharm as a visual testing tool atop pytest.

Introduce testing, pytest, and how it all fits into PyCharm, along with a scenario to work on.

Make your tests more focused by moving sample data to pytest fixtures.

Writing code means writing broken code. Click a link in a traceback to open a file on the line of the error.

Make a PyCharm project and virtual environment with dependencies, then configure PyCharm to use pytest.

During refactoring, use pytest's markers to ignore certain breaking tests.

Write a simple test and run it in PyCharm's visual test runner.

When writing tests, use the PyCharm "visual debugger" to interactively poke around in the context of a problem.

Write tests which ensure exceptions are raised when expected.

Setup your PyCharm project to help get into the flow of Test-Driven Development (TDD).

Become an IDE champ with these bite-sized tips and tricks.

Move around files with keyboard, without wasting screen UI space

Speed up testing by focusing on one test.