Getting started with unit testing
Unit testing is the act of testing the smallest components possible, such as logic statements, for example, 1 + 1 equals 2. That is what the SimpleTest class that the Visual Studio IDE created for us is actually testing for. These can be utility methods, conditional or comparison statements, Django models, forms, email messages, and so on.
Let's practice writing a simple test script and then write another to include our models.
Basic unit test script
In this exercise, we will write a very basic test class that executes two different test methods. These tests will not interact with a database and are only used to compare True and False statements. The class as a whole can be used as a boilerplate when creating new test classes and modified as needed.
Follow these steps:
- In your
/chapter_9/tests.pyfile, add the structure of the class, as shown:# /becoming_a_django_entdev/chapter_9/tests.py from django.test import SimpleTestCase...