On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Vernon Cole <vernondc...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think for most high-school level work, use of the "assert" statement would > be the first thing to teach.
Doctests can also be good way to introduce the idea of testing. It's maybe a bit easier for beginners to grasp and a very natural Python technique. Vern > It can be used in an "if __name__ == '__main__': " construct in a module to > make a good quick test. > > see https://launchpad.net/romanclass as an example. > > Simple modules do not need anything as complex as unittest. It would be a > good advanced subject, though. > -- > Vernon Cole > > > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > Edu-sig@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig > > -- Vern Ceder vce...@gmail.com, vce...@dogsinmotion.com The Quick Python Book, 2nd Ed - http://bit.ly/bRsWDW _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
