[Edu-sig] UnitTest?

[Vern Ceder]

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Vernon Cole <vernondcole at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think for most high-school level work, use of the "assert" statement would
> be the first thing to teach.

Doctests can also be good way to introduce the idea of testing. It's
maybe a bit easier for beginners to grasp and a very natural Python
technique.

Vern

> It can be used in an "if __name__ == '__main__': " construct in a module to
> make a good quick test.
>
> see https://launchpad.net/romanclass as an example.
>
> Simple modules do not need anything as complex as unittest. It would be a
> good advanced subject, though.
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