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SE Radio 516: Brian Okken on Testing in Python with Pytest

SE Radio 516: Brian Okken on Testing in Python with Pytest

Software Engineering Radio - The Podcast for Professional Software Developers vor 4 Jahren

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In this episode, we explore the popular pytest python
testing tool with author Brian Okken, author of
Python Testing with pytest. We start by
discussing why pytest is so popular in the Python community: its
focus on simplicity, readability, and developer ease-of-use; what
makes pytest unique; the setup and teardown of tests using
fixtures, parameterization, and the plugin ecosystem; mocking;
why we should design for testing, and how to reduce the need for
mocking; how to set up a project for testability; test-driven
development, and designing your tests so that they support
refactoring. Finally, we consider some complementary tools that
can improve the python testing experience.