Re: best python unit testing framwork

2008-11-15 Thread Kay Schluehr
On 11 Nov., 23:59, Brendan Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What would heavy python unit testers say is the best framework? > > I've seen a few mentions that maybe the built in unittest framework > isn't that great. The UT frameworks follow the same principles and are all alike more or less. Of

Re: best python unit testing framwork

2008-11-15 Thread James Harris
On 15 Nov, 01:02, "Brendan Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 3:54 AM, James Harris > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 11 Nov, 22:59, Brendan Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> What would heavy python unit testers say is the best framework? > > >> I've seen a fe

Re: best python unit testing framwork

2008-11-14 Thread Brendan Miller
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 3:54 AM, James Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11 Nov, 22:59, Brendan Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> What would heavy python unit testers say is the best framework? >> >> I've seen a few mentions that maybe the built in unittest framework >> isn't that great. I'

Re: best python unit testing framwork

2008-11-13 Thread James Harris
On 11 Nov, 22:59, Brendan Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What would heavy python unit testers say is the best framework? > > I've seen a few mentions that maybe the built in unittest framework > isn't that great. I've heard a couple of good things about py.test and > nose. Are there other opti

Re: best python unit testing framwork

2008-11-12 Thread Timothy Grant
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 5:16 PM, Roy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "Timothy Grant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I wanted to like unittest but couldn't. So I started using py.test. I >> even wrote a plugin for TextMate to interface with py.test. If I had >>

Re: best python unit testing framwork

2008-11-12 Thread Roy Smith
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Timothy Grant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wanted to like unittest but couldn't. So I started using py.test. I > even wrote a plugin for TextMate to interface with py.test. If I had > known about Nose I would likely have used it instead because it is > built on

Re: best python unit testing framwork

2008-11-12 Thread Timothy Grant
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 2:59 PM, Brendan Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What would heavy python unit testers say is the best framework? > > I've seen a few mentions that maybe the built in unittest framework > isn't that great. I've heard a couple of good things about py.test and > nose. Are t

Re: best python unit testing framwork

2008-11-11 Thread Roy Smith
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brendan Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What would heavy python unit testers say is the best framework? > > I've seen a few mentions that maybe the built in unittest framework > isn't that great. I've heard a couple of good things about py.test and > nose. Ar

Re: best python unit testing framwork

2008-11-11 Thread J Kenneth King
Brendan Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What would heavy python unit testers say is the best framework? > > I've seen a few mentions that maybe the built in unittest framework > isn't that great. I've heard a couple of good things about py.test and > nose. Are there other options? Is there an

Re: best python unit testing framwork

2008-11-11 Thread Ben Finney
Brendan Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What would heavy python unit testers say is the best framework? > > I've seen a few mentions that maybe the built in unittest framework > isn't that great. That's right, there are many flaws in ‘unittest’. It nevertheless has the overwhelming advantag

best python unit testing framwork

2008-11-11 Thread Brendan Miller
What would heavy python unit testers say is the best framework? I've seen a few mentions that maybe the built in unittest framework isn't that great. I've heard a couple of good things about py.test and nose. Are there other options? Is there any kind of concensus about the best, or at least how t