TDD in python

[Chris Withers]

On 30/11/2010 13:33, Roy Smith wrote:
> In article
> <58fe3680-21f5-42f8-9341-e069cbb88975 at r19g2000prm.googlegroups.com>,
>   rustom<rustompmody at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> Looking around I found this:
>> http://bytes.com/topic/python/answers/43330-unittest-vs-py-test
>> where Raymond Hettinger no less says quite unequivocally that he
>> prefers test.py to builtin unittest
>> because it is not so heavy-weight
>>
>> Is this the general consensus nowadays among pythonistas?
>> [Note I tend to agree but Ive no experience so asking]
>
> Both frameworks have their fans; I doubt you'll find any consensus.
>
> Pick one, learn it, and use it.  What's important is that you write
> tests, write lots of tests, and write good tests.  Which framework you
> use is a detail.

For a great mailing lists that covers all of these types of issues, see 
here:

http://lists.idyll.org/listinfo/testing-in-python

cheers,

Chris

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