On Jul 20, 2006, at 4:29 AM, atwork wrote: > > How do I unit test a controller that communicates with externals > like a > database and sessions? > > I see two solutions: > 1. Mock the externals > 2. Set up a real session and initialize the database before each test > > The ideal solution would be to test the controller lightly by mocking > out all database- and session calls, since I still have to do > integration testing with for example selenium. > > I would like to know if someone has used any mocking framework with > Python. If not, how hard would it be to use one in this case?
For the database, I usually use :memory: sqlite databases when testing. For sessions, you can just stick a dictionary in cherrypy.session to stand-in for the real session with whatever data is useful for test. I have used pmock (pymock?) on another project with success, for the times when I really needed to use a mock. Kevin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboGears" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/turbogears -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
