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authorChris Beaven <smileychris@gmail.com>2011-05-11 21:29:14 +0000
committerChris Beaven <smileychris@gmail.com>2011-05-11 21:29:14 +0000
commit4d26f6512c82f258795953fae799efce3a79fac9 (patch)
tree749090058324c1e865f33b58ba4b058be56b64f3 /docs
parent73721912e2bd4d08d7bfaa641b8158ec09542dd7 (diff)
Fixes #15595 -- emphasize the benefits of django.test.TestCase. Thanks for the patch Shawn Milochik
git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@16214 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
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-rw-r--r--docs/topics/testing.txt14
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/topics/testing.txt b/docs/topics/testing.txt
index 91d37b1bf1..8e5cb9f954 100644
--- a/docs/topics/testing.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/testing.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ two test frameworks that ship in the Python standard library. The two
frameworks are:
* **Unit tests** -- tests that are expressed as methods on a Python class
- that subclasses ``unittest.TestCase``. For example::
+ that subclasses ``unittest.TestCase`` or Django's customized
+ :class:`TestCase`. For example::
import unittest
@@ -1102,7 +1103,16 @@ Converting a normal ``unittest.TestCase`` to a Django ``TestCase`` is easy:
just change the base class of your test from ``unittest.TestCase`` to
``django.test.TestCase``. All of the standard Python unit test functionality
will continue to be available, but it will be augmented with some useful
-additions.
+additions, including:
+
+ * Automatic loading of fixtures.
+
+ * Wraps each test in a transaction.
+
+ * Creates a TestClient instance.
+
+ * Django-specific assertions for testing for things
+ like redirection and form errors.
.. class:: TransactionTestCase()