Understanding Tests in Python: A Comprehensive Guide Using Pytest

Table of Contents

1. 
   What is a Test?
   
   
   
   
   • 1.1 The Four Steps of Testing
     
   
   
   
   


2. 
   Application Testing in Python with Pytest
   
   
   
   
   • 2.1 Introduction to Pytest
     
   
   
   • 2.2 Key Features of Pytest
     
   
   
   • 2.3 Alternatives to Pytest
     
   
   
   
   


3. Conventions for Python Test Discovery


4. 
   Getting Started with Pytest
   
   
   
   
   • 4.1 Prerequisites
     
   
   
   • 4.2 Installation
     
   
   
   
   


5. 
   Writing Tests with Pytest
   
   
   
   
   • 5.1 math_operations/math_operations.py
     
   
   
   • 5.2 tests/conftest.py
     
   
   
   • 5.3 tests/test_math_operations.py
     
   
   
   • 5.4 pytest.ini
     
   
   
   
   


6. 
   Understanding the Scripts
   
   
   
   
   • 6.1 math_operations/math_operations.py
     
   
   
   • 6.2 tests/conftest.py
     
   
   
   • 6.3 tests/test_math_operations.py
     
   
   
   • 6.4 pytest.ini
     
   
   
   
   


7. 
   Important Concepts
   
   
   
   
   • 7.1 Pytest Fixtures
     
   
   
   • 7.2 Pytest Marks and Configurations
     
   
   
   • 7.3 Command-line …

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