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"# Mixing Unit Tests (mock) with Integration Tests (no mock)\n",
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"@JaceBrowning"
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"## Basically:\n",
"\n",
" - use unittest skip decorates to read environment variables\n",
" - set environment variables in Makefiles"
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"## A function to test"
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"def times_2_plus_1(arg1):\n",
" result = _expensive_x2(arg1) + 1\n",
" return result"
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"import time\n",
"\n",
"def _expensive_x2(arg1):\n",
" time.sleep(3) # expensive math, IO, 3rd-party API, etc.\n",
" return arg1 * 2"
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"times_2_plus_1(7)"
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"## Without mock (an integration test)"
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"import unittest\n",
"\n",
"\n",
"class TestMath(unittest.TestCase):\n",
" \n",
" def test_math(self):\n",
" self.assertEquals(15, times_2_plus_1(7))\n",
" \n",
" \n",
"suite = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(TestMath)\n",
"unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2).run(suite)\n",
" \n",
"\n"
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"## With mock (a unit test)"
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"import unittest\n",
"import mock\n",
"\n",
"\n",
"class TestMath2(unittest.TestCase):\n",
" \n",
" @mock.patch('__main__._expensive_x2', mock.Mock(return_value=14))\n",
" def test_math(self):\n",
" self.assertEquals(15, times_2_plus_1(7))\n",
" \n",
" \n",
"suite = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(TestMath2)\n",
"unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2).run(suite)"
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"## Combination of unit test and integration test"
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"import unittest\n",
"import mock\n",
"import os\n",
"\n",
"ENV = 'TEST_INTEGRATION'\n",
"REASON = \"'{0}' not set\".format(ENV)\n",
"\n",
"\n",
"class TestMath3(unittest.TestCase):\n",
" \n",
" @mock.patch('__main__._expensive_x2', mock.Mock(return_value=14))\n",
" def test_math(self):\n",
" self.assertEquals(15, times_2_plus_1(7))\n",
" \n",
" @unittest.skipUnless(os.getenv(ENV), REASON)\n",
" def test_math_integration(self):\n",
" self.assertEquals(15, times_2_plus_1(7))\n",
" \n",
" \n",
"suite = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(TestMath3)\n",
"results = unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2).run(suite)\n",
"print results\n",
"print results.skipped"
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"### Disabling the integration tests..."
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"import os\n",
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"### Enabling the integration tests..."
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"import os\n",
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"## Practical usage\n",
"\n",
"\n",
" package/\n",
" __init__.py\n",
" module1.py\n",
" module2.py\n",
" test/\n",
" __init__.py # integration tests for the package\n",
" test_module1.py # unit and integration tests for the module\n",
" test_module2.py # unit and integraiton tests for the module\n",
"\n",
"\n",
"\n",
"Makefile:\n",
"\n",
" ...\n",
" \n",
" .PHONY test\n",
" test:\n",
" nosetests\n",
"\n",
" .PHONY tests\n",
" tests:\n",
" TEST_INTEGRATION=1 nosetests --verbose\n",
" \n",
" ...\n"
]
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