Unit Testing (Python)

• Unit testing sample
• Assumed project structure

Unit testing sample

Function example functions.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
def hello_world():
    return "Hello world! =D"

Test example test.py (Standard library already includes unittest module)

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import unittest
from functions import hello_world

class TestHelloWorld(unittest.TestCase):
    def test_string_match(self):
        self.assertEqual(hello_world(), "Hello world! =D")

if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()

Run the test!

python3 test.py

Assumed project structure

myProject/
├── functions.py
└── test.py