Author: russellm Date: 2010-08-23 02:43:50 -0500 (Mon, 23 Aug 2010) New Revision: 13626
Modified: django/trunk/docs/topics/testing.txt Log: Fixed #3051 -- Documented the requirements for standalone testing. Thanks to Daniel Roseman for the draft text. Modified: django/trunk/docs/topics/testing.txt =================================================================== --- django/trunk/docs/topics/testing.txt 2010-08-23 07:15:14 UTC (rev 13625) +++ django/trunk/docs/topics/testing.txt 2010-08-23 07:43:50 UTC (rev 13626) @@ -309,6 +309,24 @@ but not gracefully. No details of the tests run before the interruption will be reported, and any test databases created by the run will not be destroyed. +Running tests outside the test runner +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +If you want to run tests outside of ``./manage.py test`` -- for example, +from a shell prompt -- you will need to set up the test +environment first. Django provides a convenience method to do this:: + + >>> from django.test.utils import setup_test_environment + >>> setup_test_environment() + +This convenience method sets up the test database, and puts other +Django features into modes that allow for repeatable testing. + +The call to :meth:`~django.test.utils.setup_test_environment` is made +automatically as part of the setup of `./manage.py test`. You only +need to manually invoke this method if you're not using running your +tests via Django's test runner. + The test database ----------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django updates" group. To post to this group, send email to django-upda...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-updates+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-updates?hl=en.
