SEEALSO.md

venv

• https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html

pip

• https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/

pytest site

• https://pytest.org

Python's subprocess.run

• https://docs.python.org/3/library/subprocess.html#subprocess.run

Dictionary view objects

• https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#dictionary-view-objects

Demo of Python failure reports with pytest

• https://doc.pytest.org/en/latest/example/reportingdemo.html

Assertion rewriting

• https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/how-to/assert.html#assertion-introspection-details

ExceptionInfo

• https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/reference.html#exceptioninfo

The Arrange-Act-Assert or Given-When-Then pattern

• https://xp123.com/3a-arrange-act-assert/

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-driven_development

• https://dannorth.net/introducing-bdd/

Pathlib

• https://docs.python.org/3/library/pathlib.html#basic-use

pytest fixtures

• https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/fixtures.html

pytest pytest_generate_tests metafunc

• https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/reference.html#metafunc

Coverage.py

The preferred Python coverage tool that measures code coverage

• https://coverage.readthedocs.io/en/

$ pip install coverage

pytest-cov

A popular pytest plugin often used in conjunction with coverage.py

• https://pytest-cov.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

$ pip install pytest-cov

tox

• https://pypi.org/project/tox/

• https://tox.wiki/en/4.18.1/

GitHub Actions

GitHub Actions is a cloud-based CI system provided by GitHub.

• https://github.com/features/actions

• https://docs.github.com/en/actions/use-cases-and-examples/building-and-testing/building-and-testing-python

unittest.mock

• https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.mock.html

Typer

Typer is a library for building CLI applications.

• https://pypi.org/project/typer

Python: Autospeccing

• https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.mock.html#autospeccing

Python: variants of assert_called

• https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.mock.html#unittest.mock.Mock.assert_called

Plugins to assist mocking

• pytest-mock for general-purpose mocking

• https://pypi.org/project/pytest-mock/

The mocker fixture cleans up after itself, so a with block must not be used.

• pytest-postgresql, pytest-mongo, pytest-mysql, and pytest-dynamodb for mocking database access

• pytest-httpserver for mocking HTTP servers

• responses and betamax for mocking requests

• pytest-rabbitmq, pytest-solr, pytest-elasticsearch, pytest-redis, and others

pdb = Python debugger

• https://docs.python.org/3/library/pdb.html

• https://docs.python.org/3/library/pdb.html#debugger-commands

Full list of pytest plugins

• https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/plugin_list.html

Filter by Framework::Pytest on PyPI to find packages that include a pytest plugin but aren't named pytest- or -pytest.

• https://pypi.org

Submitting plugins to pytest-dev

• https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/contributing.html#submitting-plugins-to-pytest-dev

Some popular pytest plugins

• https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/how-to/plugins.html

Pytest: hook functions

• https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/reference.html#hook-reference

• https://docs.pytest.org/en/6.2.x/writing_plugins.html#writinghooks

Pytest: Making your plugin installable by others

• https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/how-to/writing_plugins.html#making-your-plugin-installable-by-others

Flit: pyproject.toml

• https://flit.pypa.io/en/latest/pyproject_toml.html

Pytest: pytester

• https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/reference.html#std-fixture-pytester

Pytest: RunResult

• https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/reference.html#pytest.RunResult

Tox: Generative environment list

• https://tox.wiki/en/4.20.0/user_guide.html#generative-environment-list