Hi - am trying to write some unit tests for my little python project - I had been hard coding them when necessary here or there but I figured it was time to try and learn how to do it properly.
I've read over Python's guide (http://docs.python.org/library/unittest.html) but I am having a hard time understanding how I can apply it *properly* to my first test case ... What I am trying to do is straightforward, I am just not sure how to populate the tests easily. Here is what I want to accomplish: # code import unittest from mlc.filetypes import * # the module I am testing # here are the *correct* key, value pairs I am testing against TAG_VALUES = ( ('title', 'Christmas Waltz'), ('artist', 'Damon Timm'), ('album', 'Homemade'), ) # list of different file types that I want to test my tag grabbing capabilities # the tags inside these files are set to match my TAG_VALUES # I want to make sure my code is extracting them correctly FILES = ( FLACFile('data/lossless/01 - Christmas Waltz.flac'), MP3File('data/lossy/04 - Christmas Waltz (MP3-79).mp3'), OGGFile('data/lossy/01 - Christmas Waltz (OGG-77).ogg'), MP4File('data/lossy/06 - Christmas Waltz (M4A-64).m4a'), ) class TestFiles(unittest.TestCase): # this is the basic test def test_values(self): '''see if values from my object match what they should match''' for file in FILES: for k, v in TAG_VALUES: self.assertEqual(self.file.tags[k], v) This test works, however, it only runs as *one* test (which either fails or passes) and I want it to run as 12 different tests (three for each file type) and be able to see which key is failing for which file type. I know I could write them all out individually but that seems unnecessary. I suspect my answer lies in the Suites but I can't wrap my head around it. Thanks! Damon _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
