[TIP] Query on Testify

[Sean Fisk]

Hi Mani,

I assume by data provider you are referring to data-driven
testing<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data-driven_testing>.
In pytest, the way I accomplish this is by using test parametrization,
which is a fancy way of saying "running the same tests with different
parameters." Using pytest, you can parametrize a
fixture<http://pytest.org/latest/fixture.html?highlight=fixtures#parametrizing-a-fixture>,
individual functions<http://pytest.org/latest/parametrize.html#pytest-mark-parametrize-parametrizing-test-functions>,
or create your own parametrization
scheme<http://pytest.org/latest/parametrize.html#basic-pytest-generate-tests-example>.
Here is an example from a project on which I am
working<https://github.com/seanfisk/rpython-stencil-language/blob/c1e869ac6153af14a85264f024967232a18a115c/tests/interpreter/test_stencil.py>
where
I use os.listdir() to get a directory listing, then run the same test for
each file in the directory.

Could you clarify what you mean by "test re-runner"?

Hope this helps,

- Sean

On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 12:10 PM, mani kandan <majafriend at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Julian,
>
> Yeah I went through it and found it quite interesting. Some of my
> requirements are having a data provider and test rerunner. I came across
> testify and read its document where it is specified that it is an
> enhancement over unittest and nose. So I am trying to understand what it
> provide and how easy is to use it. This will help me in making a correct
> decision before starting on any test framework as it will be difficult to
> switch once we started.
>
> Thanks,
> -Mani
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Julian Berman <julian at grayvines.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi.
>>
>> The standard library already has a testing framework (unittest) which is
>> quite widely used and documented.
>>
>> Have you looked at it?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Julian
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am newbie to python. Recently I came to know about the mailing list. I
>> am in search of a good python test framework. While doing so, I cam across
>> testify. The wiki provided in https://github.com/Yelp/Testify/wiki is
>> very minimal. I am looking for some more examples and uses. Can anyone me
>> point me on same.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>      G.MANIKANDAN
>>
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