Testing in Django
Explore how to effectively write unit and integration tests for Django REST APIs using Pytest. Understand the testing pyramid, the role of TDD, and how to test models, serializers, and viewsets for reliable and maintainable backend applications.
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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.
It has a simple syntax and is very easy to start with.
It automatically detects test files, functions, and classes.
It can run multiple ...