Python-based Unit Testing Framework: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 19:21, 5 July 2023

Example(s):
- unittest, unittest2.
- pytest.
- …
Counter-Example(s):
- a Java-based Unit Testing Framework, such as: JUnit, or Mockito.
See: Unit Testing, Unit Test, Test Automation Framework, Unit Testing Framework.

Name	xUnit	Generators	Fixtures	Group Fixtures	Source	Remarks
Autotest	Yes		Yes		^[1]	Used for Linux kernel testing
unittest	Yes	Yes	Yes	No		(sometimes referred to as “PyUnit"), has been included in Python standard library from Python version 2.1.^[2]
XPyUnit						adding XML report generation to PyUnit
TestOOB						an extended test framework for PyUnit
Doctest						easy, Pythonic, and part of Python's standard library
Nose	Yes	Yes	Yes		^[3]	a discovery-based unittest extension
pytest	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[4]	Distributed testing tool. Can output to multiple formats, like the TAP format, JUnit XML or SubUnit.
TwistedTrial	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	^[5]	PyUnit extensions for asynchronous and event-driven code
Should DSL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[6]	Distributed testing tool
Green	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	^[7]	Python test runner.

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 | Autotest || {{Yes}} || || {{Yes}} || ||<ref>{{cite web | url=https://autotest.github.io/ | title=Autotest - Fully automated testing under linux}}</ref> || Used for Linux kernel testing
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-| unittest || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || || (sometimes referred to as "[[PyUnit]]"), has been included in Python standard library from Python version 2.1.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.python.org/2/library/unittest.html|title=25.3. unittest – Unit testing framework – Python 2.7.10 documentation|work=python.org|accessdate=23 June 2015}}</ref>
+| unittest || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || || (sometimes referred to as “[[PyUnit]]"), has been included in Python standard library from Python version 2.1.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.python.org/2/library/unittest.html|title=25.3. unittest – Unit testing framework – Python 2.7.10 documentation|work=python.org|accessdate=23 June 2015}}</ref>
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 | XPyUnit || || || || || || adding [[XML]] report generation to [[PyUnit]]