A different approach to Django view unit testing

models.py

from django.db import models

class Twt(models.Model):
    txt = models.CharField(max_length=140)

tests.py

from django.http import HttpRequest
from django.test import TestCase

from .models import Twt
from . import views


class TwtTestCase(TestCase):

    def test_list_empty(self):
        req = HttpRequest()
        resp = views.get(req)
        self.assertEquals(resp.status_code, 200)
        self.assertEquals(resp['Content-Type'], 'application/json')
        self.assertJSONEqual(resp.content, [])

    def test_list_with_values(self):
        t = Twt.objects.create(txt='140 characters should be enough')

        req = HttpRequest()
        resp = views.get(req)
        self.assertEquals(resp.status_code, 200)
        self.assertEquals(resp['Content-Type'], 'application/json')
        self.assertJSONEqual(resp.content, [{'txt': t.txt}])

views.py

import json

from django.http import HttpResponse

from .models import Twt


def get(request):
    twts = [{'txt': t.txt} for t in Twt.objects.all()]
    return HttpResponse(json.dumps(twts), content_type='application/json')