Is pyunit still usable?

[Kent Johnson]

could ildg wrote:
> I want to know something about unittest these days,
> and since I'm learning python, I want to touch it through
> python. But when I found the newest pyunit is even so
> old, I wonder if it is still usable for current python version
> 2.4. Will you please tell me? Thank you.

unittest is a standard Python module since Python 2.1. It is a version of PyUnit.

> What are the advantages and disadvantages of unittest?
> Can somebody give me a detailed listing?

Of unittest the module or unit testing the practice?

If you mean the module, you might be interested in these articles comparing unittest, py.test and 
doctest:
http://agiletesting.blogspot.com/2005/01/python-unit-testing-part-1-unittest.html
http://agiletesting.blogspot.com/2005/01/python-unit-testing-part-2-doctest.html
http://agiletesting.blogspot.com/2005_01_01_agiletesting_archive.html

If you mean the practice, Google is your friend. Countless books and articles have been written 
about unit testing.

Kent