Contexts¶
Dead simple descriptive testing for Python. No custom decorators, no context managers, no .feature files, no fuss.
About¶
Contexts is a ‘Context-Specification’-style test framework for Python 3.3 and above, inspired by C#’s Machine.Specifications. It aims to be flexible and extensible, and is appropriate for unit, integration and acceptance testing. Read more at the Huddle Dev Blog.
Test written with Contexts resemble the grammar of Given, When, Then-style specifications. Writing tests which read like user-centric sentences can encourage you to focus on the behaviour, not the implementation, of your code. Contexts takes cues from Behaviour Driven Development, but it aims to be useful for more than just acceptance testing.
Quick start¶
Install Contexts and optionally colorama.
$ pip install contexts colorama
Create a file in the current directory called test.py. Put a class in that file; this will be your test. The class’s name must include the word When.
Spread the arrange, act, assert steps of your test across three separate methods in the class; their names must match the supported keywords.
class WhenAddingTwoNumbers:
def given_the_two_numbers(self):
self.x = 4
self.y = 2
def when_i_add_them(self):
self.result = self.x + self.y
def it_should_produce_the_correct_sum(self):
assert self.result == 6
Run the test!
$ run-contexts
.
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PASSED!
1 context, 1 assertion
(0.1 seconds)