best python unit testing framwork

Roy Smith roy at panix.com
Tue Nov 11 20:14:19 EST 2008


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<5fda2df2-82d4-4e11-8acf-3653384fe04e at d42g2000prb.googlegroups.com>,
 Brendan Miller <catphive at catphive.net> wrote:

> What would heavy python unit testers say is the best framework?
> 
> I've seen a few mentions that maybe the built in unittest framework
> isn't that great. I've heard a couple of good things about py.test and
> nose. Are there other options? Is there any kind of concensus about
> the best, or at least how they stack up to each other?
> 
> Brendan

I've been using unittest for years.  I'm happy with it.  I've looked at a 
couple of the other ones (I don't remember exactly which ones) and came to 
the conclusion that they didn't seem to provide enough advantage over 
unittest to make it worth switching.

Just my opinion.



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