Daniel Arbuckle - Python Testing Beginners Guide

Testing for Fun and Profit introduces Python test-driven development and various testing methods.

Doctest: The Easiest Testing Tool covers the doctest tool and teaches you how to use it.

Unit Testing with Doctest introduces the ideas of unit testing and test-driven development, and applies doctest to create unit tests.

Breaking Tight Coupling by using Mock Objects covers mock objects and the Python Mocker tool.

When Doctest isn't Enough: Unittest to the Rescue introduces the unittest framework and discusses when it is preferred over doctest.

Running Your Tests: Follow Your Nose introduces the Nose test runner, and discusses project organization.

Developing a Test-Driven Project walks through a complete test-driven development process.

Testing Web Application Frontends using Twill applies the knowledge gained from previous chapters to web applications, and introduces the Twill tool.

Integration Testing and System Testing teaches how to build from unit tests to tests of a complete software system.

Other Testing Tools and Techniques introduces code coverage and continuous integration, and teaches how to tie automated testing into version control systems.

Answers to Pop Quizes contains the answers to all pop quizes, chapter-wise.

To use this book, you will need a working Python interpreter, preferably one of the 2.6 version series. You'll also need a source code editor, and occasional access to the internet. You will need to be comfortable enough using your operating system's textual interfaceyour DOS prompt or command shellto do basic directory management and to run programs.