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Crafting Test-Driven Software with Python
Crafting Test-Driven Software with Python

Crafting Test-Driven Software with Python: Write test suites that scale with your applications' needs and complexity using Python and PyTest

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Key benefits

  • Build robust Python applications using TDD and BDD methodologies
  • Test Python web applications using WebTest and web frameworks
  • Leverage PyTest to implement stringent testing mechanisms to ensure fault-tolerant applications

Description

Test-driven development (TDD) is a set of best practices that helps developers to build more scalable software and is used to increase the robustness of software by using automatic tests. This book shows you how to apply TDD practices effectively in Python projects. You’ll begin by learning about built-in unit tests and Mocks before covering rich frameworks like PyTest and web-based libraries such as WebTest and Robot Framework, discovering how Python allows you to embrace all modern testing practices with ease. Moving on, you’ll find out how to design tests and balance them with new feature development and learn how to create a complete test suite with PyTest. The book helps you adopt a hands-on approach to implementing TDD and associated methodologies that will have you up and running and make you more productive in no time. With the help of step-by-step explanations of essential concepts and practical examples, you’ll explore automatic tests and TDD best practices and get to grips with the methodologies and tools available in Python for creating effective and robust applications. By the end of this Python book, you will be able to write reliable test suites in Python to ensure the long-term resilience of your application using the range of libraries offered by Python for testing and development.

Who is this book for?

This book is for Python developers looking to get started with test-driven development and developers who want to learn about the testing tools available in Python. Developers who want to create web applications with Python and plan to implement TDD methodology with PyTest will find this book useful. Basic knowledge of Python programming is required.

What you will learn

  • Find out how tests can make your life easier as a developer and discover related best practices
  • Explore PyTest, the most widespread testing framework for Python
  • Get to grips with the most common PyTest plugins, including coverage, flaky, xdist, and picked
  • Write functional tests for WSGI web applications with WebTest
  • Run end-to-end tests for web applications using Robot Framework
  • Understand what test-driven development means and why it is important
  • Discover how to use the range of tools available in Python
  • Build reliable and robust applications

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Table of Contents

17 Chapters
Section 1: Software Testing and Test-Driven Development Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Getting Started with Software Testing Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Test Doubles with a Chat Application Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Test-Driven Development while Creating a TODO List Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Scaling the Test Suite Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Section 2: PyTest for Python Testing Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Introduction to PyTest Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Dynamic and Parametric Tests and Fixtures Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Fitness Function with a Contact Book Application Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
PyTest Essential Plugins Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Managing Test Environments with Tox Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Testing Documentation and Property-Based Testing Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Section 3: Testing for the Web Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Testing for the Web: WSGI versus HTTP Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
End-to-End Testing with the Robot Framework Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
About Packt Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Other Books You May Enjoy Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

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Vit Apr 09, 2021
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Great reference for those who want to learn more about testing and test-driven development practices. The book covers a wide variety of tools and concepts that are most commonly used in the software testing community. It offers a useful practical introduction to Python native unittest module and the pytest framework for those know how to test software in other languages but are just turning to Python and thus don't yet know which tools are available to them. Overall, highly recommended !
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Vincent Russo Apr 05, 2021
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The text starts off with a well-written overview of TDD (test-driven-development). Lots of code samples and examples that readers can use to more deeply understand some of the testing tools and concepts that the author covers. This is a practical text for a QA software developer who works primarily in Python and wants to improve their workflow by using some of the more modern offerings of various Python modules like `pytest`. Highly recommended!
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isela gradilla May 03, 2021
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This book is beginner friendly, as someone very comfortable with python I found this book very helpful as it is very detailed and well organized. I would highly recommend this if you are a python developer.
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Marco Carnini Apr 21, 2021
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The book should be thought as a course in software testing. While the main focus is on test-driven development (starting from unit testing to go with integration and function testing), the book is way more than an abstract, arid and theoretical exposition of concepts and theory.The author present concrete examples of Test Driven Development (although idealized for the sake of shortness), and show how to build it up from scratch a test suite for the software. Different frameworks were illustrated (for example, I currently only use pytest) for different kind of projects (robot, tox, WebTest). Integration with travis is also presented (and much appreciated).I particularly like the exposition of behavior-driven development , which is a topic I always desire to learn. I am not an expert after only reading the book, but I feel the material is enough to start experimenting.In short: the book is detailed, it is easy to follow as long as an effort is paid in replicating the steps illustrated and represents a solid foundation to start practicing.A very good job.
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Vlad Bezden Mar 29, 2021
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This is a second book by Alessandro and as with the first book he did a great job. In this book, he covers all aspects of testing. Not only he provides how to test using different frameworks like unittest and pytest, but he also provides information about different strategies of testing, such as unit tests, TDD, BDD, ATDD. The one chapter that I like the most is "Test Doubles with a Chat Application" where he is talking about dependencies injection.This book everything you need to know about software testing.
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