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pytest Quick Start Guide

pytest Quick Start Guide

By : Oliveira
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pytest Quick Start Guide

pytest Quick Start Guide

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By: Oliveira

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Python's standard unittest module is based on the xUnit family of frameworks, which has its origins in Smalltalk and Java, and tends to be verbose to use and not easily extensible.The pytest framework on the other hand is very simple to get started, but powerful enough to cover complex testing integration scenarios, being considered by many the true Pythonic approach to testing in Python. In this book, you will learn how to get started right away and get the most out of pytest in your daily work?ow, exploring powerful mechanisms and plugins to facilitate many common testing tasks. You will also see how to use pytest in existing unittest-based test suites and will learn some tricks to make the jump to a pytest-style test suite quickly and easily.
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Built-in marks

Having learned the basics of marks and how to use them, let's now take a look at some built-in pytest marks. This is not an exhaustive list of all built-in marks, but the more commonly used ones. Also, keep in mind that many plugins introduce other marks as well.

@pytest.mark.skipif

You might have tests that should not be executed unless some condition is met. For example, some tests might depend on certain libraries that are not always installed, or a local database that might not be online, or are executed only on certain platforms.

Pytest provides a built-in mark, skipif, that can be used to skip tests based on specific conditions. Skipped tests are not executed if the condition is true, and are not...

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