Ecosyste.ms: Awesome

An open API service indexing awesome lists of open source software.

Awesome Lists | Featured Topics | Projects

https://github.com/nose-devs/nose2

The successor to nose, based on unittest2
https://github.com/nose-devs/nose2

library nose nose2 nosetest nosetests python python-2 python-3 python-library python2 python3 testing testing-framework testing-library testing-tool testing-tools unit-test unittest unittesting

Last synced: 2 days ago
JSON representation

The successor to nose, based on unittest2

Awesome Lists containing this project

README 

        
.. image:: https://results.pre-commit.ci/badge/github/nose-devs/nose2/main.svg

   :target: https://results.pre-commit.ci/latest/github/nose-devs/nose2/main

   :alt: pre-commit.ci status



.. image:: https://github.com/nose-devs/nose2/workflows/build/badge.svg?event=push

    :alt: build status

    :target: https://github.com/nose-devs/nose2/actions?query=workflow%3Abuild



.. image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/nose2/badge/

    :target: https://nose2.io/

    :alt: Documentation



.. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/nose2.svg

    :target: https://pypi.org/project/nose2/

    :alt: Latest PyPI version



.. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/nose2.svg

    :alt: Supported Python Versions

    :target: https://pypi.org/project/nose2/



.. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/Mailing%20list-discuss%40nose2.io-blue.svg

    :target: https://groups.google.com/a/nose2.io/forum/#!forum/discuss

    :alt: Join [email protected]



Welcome to nose2

================



nose2's extends ``unittest`` to make testing nicer.



nose2 vs nose

-------------



``nose2`` originated as the successor to ``nose``.



``nose2`` is a distinct project and does not support all of the behaviors of ``nose``.

See `differences`_ for a thorough rundown.



nose2 vs pytest

---------------



`pytest`_ is an excellent test framework and we encourage users to consider

it for new projects.



It has a bigger team of maintainers and a larger community of users.



Quickstart

----------



Because ``nose2`` is based on unittest, you can start from the Python Standard

Library's `documentation for unittest `_

and then use nose2 to add value on top of that.



``nose2`` looks for tests in Python files whose names start with ``test`` and

runs every test function it discovers.



Here's an example of a simple test, written in typical unittest style:



.. code-block:: python



    # in test_simple.py

    import unittest



    class TestStrings(unittest.TestCase):

        def test_upper(self):

            self.assertEqual("spam".upper(), "SPAM")



You can then run this test like so::



    $ nose2 -v

    test_upper (test_simple.TestStrings) ... ok



    ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    Ran 1 test in 0.000s



    OK



However, ``nose2`` supports more testing configuration and provides more tools

than ``unittest`` on its own.



For example, this test exercises just a few of ``nose2``'s features:



.. code-block:: python



    # in test_fancy.py

    from nose2.tools import params



    @params("Sir Bedevere", "Miss Islington", "Duck")

    def test_is_knight(value):

        assert value.startswith('Sir')



and then run this like so::



    $ nose2 -v --pretty-assert

    test_fancy.test_is_knight:1

    'Sir Bedevere' ... ok

    test_fancy.test_is_knight:2

    'Miss Islington' ... FAIL

    test_fancy.test_is_knight:3

    'Duck' ... FAIL



    ======================================================================

    FAIL: test_fancy.test_is_knight:2

    'Miss Islington'

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    Traceback (most recent call last):

      File "/mnt/ebs/home/sirosen/tmp/test_fancy.py", line 6, in test_is_knight

        assert value.startswith('Sir')

    AssertionError



    >>> assert value.startswith('Sir')



    values:

        value = 'Miss Islington'

        value.startswith = 

    ======================================================================

    FAIL: test_fancy.test_is_knight:3

    'Duck'

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    Traceback (most recent call last):

      File "/mnt/ebs/home/sirosen/tmp/test_fancy.py", line 6, in test_is_knight

        assert value.startswith('Sir')

    AssertionError



    >>> assert value.startswith('Sir')



    values:

        value = 'Duck'

        value.startswith = 

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    Ran 3 tests in 0.001s



    FAILED (failures=2)



Full Docs

---------



Full documentation for ``nose2`` is available at `docs.nose2.io`_



Versions and Support

--------------------



Changelog and Version Scheme

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



nose2 versions are numbered ``0.MAJOR.MINOR``. Minor releases contain bugfixes or

smaller features. Major features or backwards incompatible changes are done in

major releases.



For a full description of all past versions and changes, see the `changelog`_.



Python Versions

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



nose2 requires Python 3.



It supports all versions currently supported by the CPython team, and also aims

to support PyPy and cpython betas.



Python 2

********



Python 2 is no longer supported. The `0.12.x line of releases `_

contains the last versions which supported Python 2.



Users of Python 2 should understand that Python 2 is EOL and the Python 2

support line for ``nose2`` is similarly considered EOL.



.. note::



    Fixes to 0.12.x may still be accepted on an as-needed basis for a short

    while as the python3-only line of releases gets started.



Contributing

------------



If you want to make contributions, please read the `contributing`_ guide.



.. _py2line: https://github.com/nose-devs/nose2/tree/0.12.x-line



.. _differences: https://docs.nose2.io/en/latest/differences.html



.. _changelog: https://docs.nose2.io/en/latest/changelog.html



.. _pytest: http://pytest.readthedocs.io/en/latest/



.. _contributing: https://github.com/nose-devs/nose2/blob/main/contributing.rst



.. _docs.nose2.io: https://docs.nose2.io/en/latest/