On Nov 25, 11:01 pm, Julien Phalip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Nov 25, 10:56 pm, Malcolm Tredinnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Tue, 2008-11-25 at 20:47 +0900, Russell Keith-Magee wrote:
> > > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 8:40 PM, Julien Phalip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > Hi,
>
> > > > I've got a view which uses a different template depending on an input
> > > > parameter. For example:
>
> > > > def my_view(request, theme):
> > > > ...
> > > > return render_to_response('my_app/%s/page.html' %s theme, {...})
>
> > > > I would like to write some tests for this view, but I couldn't find
> > > > any clean way to do so. So far, the only way I've found was to create
> > > > a fake folder in the app's templates:
>
> > > > my_app/
> > > > templates/
> > > > my_app/
> > > > test_blah/
> > > > page.html
> > > > models.py
> > > > tests.py
> > > > views.py
>
> > > > And then I can test the view by sending it the parameter 'test_blah'.
> > > > It works fine, but it means I have to ship my app with that dirty
> > > > "test_blah" folder.
>
> > > > Is there any other way to proceed?
>
> > > Check out django.contrib.auth.tests.views.py. The ChangePasswordTest
> > > does some fancy footwork during the setUp and tearDown to install some
> > > templates for testing purposes. You still need to ship the templates
> > > as part of your project tarball, but they don't need to be in a
> > > production-visible location - you can hide them away as part of the
> > > testing infrastructure.
>
> > Another approach is to write a custom template loader that is used in
> > your test settings file. There's nothing to say a template loader has to
> > actually load a file. It has to return a template, given the name. You
> > can do that however you like.
>
> > Regards,
> > Malcolm
>
> Thanks also for this tip, Malcolm. Both approaches are quite elegant.
I should add that the trickery used in ChangePasswordTest might be
slightly better because it means the tests are self-contained, and so
they don't depend on external parameters (e.g. the tests settings).
The big advantage I see is that it makes the app more portable, at
least as far as tests are concerned. Just tried it and it works like a
charm!
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