Learn Unit Test Framework

Unit testing is a software testing

JUnit is a unit testing framework for the Java programming language. JUnit has been important in the development of test-driven development, and is one of a family of unit testing frameworks collectively known as xUnit that originated with JUnit. You can find out JUnit Tutorial here.

The Python unit testing framework, sometimes referred to as “PyUnit,” is a Python language version of JUnit developed by Kent Beck and Erich Gamma. PyUnit forms part of the Python Standard Library as of Python version 2.1.

Python unit testing framework supports test automation, sharing of setup and shutdown code for tests, aggregation of tests into collections, and independence of the tests from the reporting framework. The unittest module provides classes that make it easy to support these qualities for a set of tests.

This tutorial has been prepared for the beginners to help them understand the basic functionality of Python testing framework. After completing this tutorial you will find yourself at a moderate level of expertise in using Python testing framework from where you can take yourself to the next levels.

You should have reasonable expertise in software development using Python language. Our Python tutorial is a good place to start learning Python. Knowledge of basics of software testing is also desirable.