[FoCC] Automated testing basics

Thursday 2 Feb 2023, 17:30 → 19:30 Europe/Rome

Ex-ISEF/Building-Library (GSSI)

Speaker: Jacopo Tissino, Alex Coto

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of python

Setup: a working python shell, installation of pytest and hypothesis (discussed in the repo)

Programming languages: python

Repo: https://github.com/fellowship-of-clean-code/testing

Outline: 

• Why test?
• Writing our first test
• Automating it with pytest
• Running tests selectively
• Fixtures (optional)
• Debuggers (optional)
• Ideas for incorporating tests in your project
• Tests for a properly-structured python project
• Test-driven development