I think you could create an urls.py file for your tests and attach your views there. Then use the test client to direct requests to those test URLs and assert that the response is what you expect.
Now, this is probably not going to be practical to test your jQuery components, but you might want to ask on a JS-focused list regarding unittesting JS for this purpose. Thomas 2012/9/12 Jonas Geiregat <jo...@geiregat.org>: > > I can now show you what I really would like to write tests for. > > https://github.com/jonasgeiregat/django-ajax-forms > > The code I would like to test is in ajax_forms/views.py mainly the > AjaxFormView and the AjaxModelFormView. > > Any help is appreciated! > > > Is it a view mix in? > > The package actually already changed from containing a view mix in to actual > views that should be subclassed by the users using the package. > > It's a bit difficult to tell you much without more information. > > For example, a view derived from FormView. Like I said the user should > subclass this view again as you would normally do with CBV. > > Currently the package is just a package/directory with views.py, models.py, > urls.py and of course __init__.py to make it a module. > > It's hard to test views without having an actual django project to test it > again, I think. Correct me if I'm wrong here. > So I created an example django project that is using this package in the > directory below the package, thus the directory containing the README, > setup.py etc .. files. > > The example app will hold a tests.py file which will contain my tests which > will be testing the actual functionality of my views. > > Basically I'm asking do I need an actual django project to test just a > views.py file or can I just write some tests without a containing django > project to test a views.py file. > And if so, I'm kinda lost on how you would start on such a task. > > A few you things that you may find useful or not for testing : > > . Test cases can override settings such as the urlconf > . There's a test client to test views > . Class based views can sometimes be tested without any of the former by > just testing the methods in them > . You can always use mocking library > . Tests are basically just python code with a lot of asserts, you can > always add viewed in them > . You can use fixtures for test data if you see fit > > Hope this helps! > > Thomas > > On Sep 10, 2012 5:23 PM, "Jonas Geiregat" <jo...@geiregat.org> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I've created a simple reusable django package. This package basically >> consists out of a views.py file, with some helper functions. >> >> I want to write some tests for what's in this file. This file contains a >> mixin , so I probably can't test it directly. >> >> What's the best way to test a django package ? >> >> Do I need to include some kind of example project that, uses my mixin and >> has tests files just as one would test a normal django application ? >> >> I've tried googling but, there's little about this. Most of the things >> I've found where related to testing actual django applications. >> >> Any help is appreciated. >> >> Jonas >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
