Never mind. I've found the answer. The problem was that my app name
"messages" somehow clashed with the app "django.contrib.messages"
which was earlier in my INSTALLED_APPS. This didn't prevent my
project from working, but did confuse the test framework, which looked
in "django.contrib.messages" before "myproject.messages" for test
cases. When I renamed my app, the testing worked fine. So Bruno's
advice was correct: give the exact details, don't simplify, that just
discards important information.
OK, now to start writing serious unit tests...
On Sep 5, 11:48 pm, bruno desthuilliers
<bruno.desthuilli...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 5, 5:18 am, Rodney Topor <r.to...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > I'm trying to use unit tests for the first time.
>
> > In app/tests.py I have:
>
> > import unittest
> > from django.test.client import Client
>
> > class IndexTest(unittest.TestCase):
> > def test_index(self):
> > client = Client()
> > response = client.get('/index/')
> > self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
>
> > In the enclosing project directory, I write
>
> > manage.py test app.IndexTest
>
> > and get the error
>
> > "Test label 'messages.IndexTest' does not refer to a test"
>
> You were talking about an app named "app", not "messages"... Please
> try to be as exact as possible.
>
> > I also tried "from django.utils import unittest" in tests.py but that
> > made no difference.
>
> > The command
>
> > manage.py test app
>
> > runs without error but ignores my test.
> > I thought I was following the instructions in the documentation, but
> > apparently not. What am I missing? Do I have to add some test app to
> > INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py?
>
> Nope. As long as your app is mentionned in INSTALLED_APPS (and you'd
> have a different exception if it wasn't the case), this should work.
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