Test-Driven Development with Django

Develop powerful, fully-featured Django applications by writing tests first
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Test-Driven Development with Django

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Develop powerful, fully-featured Django applications by writing tests first
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Book Details

ISBN 139781785281167
Paperback186 pages

Book Description

Test-Driven Development (TDD) simplifies the trickiest of software tasks with its unique ability to peel back problems into layers. The testing tools available in Python and Django make test writing a joy, and the full coverage test suite that results from TDD is a boon to any project.

This guide to developing with Django takes a test-first approach: write a test, then write enough production code to get it to pass. You'll quickly get hands-on experience, writing tests for a database-driven application with the TDD methodology. Use this book to build the skills and habits that make testing a regular part of your workflow.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Keeping Your Promises
What is Test-Driven Development?
How does TDD help in building better software?
Doesn't it take longer?
Can't I just write the tests later?
Summary
Chapter 2: Your First Test-Driven Application
Where do we begin?
Functional versus unit tests
The project – jmad.us
Setting up your environment
Starting the project
Setting up a Django app for unit tests
Finally writing application code
Summary
Chapter 3: Ironclad Code
Using the Python Debugger in tests
Using RequestFactory
Managing test data
Refactoring
DRY testing
RequestFactory versus TestClient
Summary
Chapter 4: Building Out and Refactoring
Improving the application
A new view
Pretty URLs
Back into the TDD cycle
Skipping ahead a bit
Starting a new app
Much ado about migrations
Updating the functional test
Refactoring the index view
Summary
Chapter 5: User Stories As Code
A second user story
Adding content via the Django admin
Finishing up
Summary
Chapter 6: No App Is an Island
What is a mock?
MusicBrainz
Using the API in our application
Mocking – when and why
Summary
Chapter 7: Share and Share Alike
It's an API world, we're just coding in it
Introducing Django REST framework
Adding data via the API
Summary
Chapter 8: Promises Kept
How far we've come
To tend or not to tend?
Fight through the gotchas
Thanks!

What You Will Learn

  • Codify user stories as browser-based tests to ensure their completion
  • Write isolated unit tests that not only confirm your application, but also explain it
  • Use the red-green-refactor TDD cycle to create and refine your code by changing tests first
  • Test integrations with external APIs by testing their documentation
  • Mock out calls to external services and internal functions
  • Explore the basics of documentation-driven API design
  • Other testing tools available in popular Python packages such as Django REST framework and VCR.py

Authors

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Keeping Your Promises
What is Test-Driven Development?
How does TDD help in building better software?
Doesn't it take longer?
Can't I just write the tests later?
Summary
Chapter 2: Your First Test-Driven Application
Where do we begin?
Functional versus unit tests
The project – jmad.us
Setting up your environment
Starting the project
Setting up a Django app for unit tests
Finally writing application code
Summary
Chapter 3: Ironclad Code
Using the Python Debugger in tests
Using RequestFactory
Managing test data
Refactoring
DRY testing
RequestFactory versus TestClient
Summary
Chapter 4: Building Out and Refactoring
Improving the application
A new view
Pretty URLs
Back into the TDD cycle
Skipping ahead a bit
Starting a new app
Much ado about migrations
Updating the functional test
Refactoring the index view
Summary
Chapter 5: User Stories As Code
A second user story
Adding content via the Django admin
Finishing up
Summary
Chapter 6: No App Is an Island
What is a mock?
MusicBrainz
Using the API in our application
Mocking – when and why
Summary
Chapter 7: Share and Share Alike
It's an API world, we're just coding in it
Introducing Django REST framework
Adding data via the API
Summary
Chapter 8: Promises Kept
How far we've come
To tend or not to tend?
Fight through the gotchas
Thanks!

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Paperback186 pages
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