Rita <rmorgan...@gmail.com> writes: > Currently, I use a shell script to test how my system behaves before I > deploy an application. For instance, I check if fileA, fileB, and > fileC exist and if they do I go and start up my application.
The operating system shell, or the deployment framework of choice, is best suited to that I think. > This works great BUT > > I would like to use python and in particular unittest module to test my > system and then deploy my app. I understand unittest is for functional > testing Well, unittest is for unit testing (testing of small isolated units of the code). There are many definitions of “functional testing”, and I don't think ‘unittest’ is a good choice for any of them. > but I think this too would be a case for it. Reserve the term “testing” for testing the code of your application, I'd recommend. Libraries designed for “testing” are not good outside that domain. > Any thoughts? If a shell program isn't up to the job, look at deployment tools like Fabric <URL:http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Fabric/> or Salt <URL:http://pypi.python.org/pypi/salt/>. -- \ “Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in | `\ prayer.” —Anonymous | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list