Thursday 13:10
in None
We'll cover things like:
- Recommended pytest settings for more strictness
- What's xfail and why is it useful?
- How to mark an entire test file or single parameters
- Ways to deal with parametrize IDs and syntax
- Useful built-in pytest fixtures
- Caching for fixtures
- Using fixtures implicitly
- Advanced fixture and parametrization topics
- How to customize fixtures behavior based on markers or custom CLI arguments
- If time permits: Short intro to writing pytest plugin and to property-based testing with Hypothesis
To prepare, please clone the GitHub repository and follow the setup steps in the README.
Freya Bruhin
Freya Bruhin ("The Compiler") is a long-time contributor and maintainer of both the pytest framework and various plugins. Discovering pytest in 2015, Freya has since given talks and conducted workshops about pytest at various conferences and companies. Freya's main project, qutebrowser (a keyboard-focused web browser), has grown from a hobby to a donation-funded part-time job.
