[Edu-sig] UnitTest?

[David MacQuigg]

In my opinion, the unittest framework is way too cumbersome for an 
introductory course.  Doctests are simple and self-explanatory.  
Students should get in the habit of writing a doctest for every function 
they write, even before the function itself is written.

The main limitation of doctest is that it doesn't preserve values or 
maintain a set order when testing a bunch of functions.  That can be 
fixed, however, by providing your own framework - a test function that 
calls the other functions in whatever order you want.  The framework 
test is then just another doctest in the test function itself.  This is 
a simple extension of what the students already know.

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On 2/23/11 9:05 PM, Zac Miller wrote:
> Does anyone teach any unittest or test driven development to high school (or other) students?  I'm looking for a quick reference or "cheat sheet" for python's unittest that I found around the internet once and never bookmarked.  I may be imagining it but I remember it being great.  If anyone knows the one that I think I saw one time or has a great one they wouldn't mind sharing I'd be very thankful!  If not...perhaps it is my destiny to create one.
>
> -J. Zachary Miller