Testing in Django

Testing in Python, particularly in Django, is very simple and easy. The framework actually provides many tools and utilities you can use to write tests for the models, serializers, or views in the application.

However, the Python ecosystem for testing relies a lot on one tool to write tests, and this tool has deep integration with Django. The tool is named Pytest and is a framework for writing small and readable tests. When used with Django, Pytest is mainly used for API testing by writing code to test API endpoints, databases, and user interfaces.

But why use Pytest? Well, it has the following advantages:

• It is free and open source. ...