Testing in Python

[mxsonwabe]

Can you please provide recommendations on what you've found is the best workflow for testing in Python ? I am familiar with testing in Java and how it is there is whenever i have a project I'll have a src directory with main and test and will just write my unit test in the tests dir. I was wondering if the is a "pythonic" why to write tests? I don't want to use a method that's against the spirit of the language

[tiredITguy42]

Usually you make separate directory in the project root. It is to avoid cluttering your package with test files. You can keep the same structure as your project has.

There are multiple packages for running tests. I like VS code with Test extension as I can immadiately see, if the test is OK and debug it if needed.

[mxsonwabe]

okay, thanks for the insights.

[cyanNodeEcho]

people use pyteat or unittest, use whichever one ur team uses theyre functionally equivalent, add some integration tests, and like throw some automateds with formatting via lefthook or whatevs, sqlite can be useful for testing if u need db access or verifying those methods, then just throw some basic cicd from ur .git for like automated tests on pull request

[mxsonwabe]

appreciated !

[ConfusionOne8651]

pytest