Re: Beginner's unit test question

On Sep 5, 5:18 am, Rodney Topor <r.to...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to use unit tests for the first time.
>
> In app/tests.py I have:
>
> import unittest
> from django.test.client import Client
>
> class IndexTest(unittest.TestCase):
>     def test_index(self):
>         client = Client()
>         response = client.get('/index/')
>         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
>
> In the enclosing project directory, I write
>
> manage.py test app.IndexTest
>
> and get the error
>
> "Test label 'messages.IndexTest' does not refer to a test"

You were talking about an app named "app", not "messages"... Please
try to be as exact as possible.

> I also tried "from django.utils import unittest" in tests.py but that
> made no difference.
>
> The command
>
> manage.py test app
>
> runs without error but ignores my test.

> I thought I was following the instructions in the documentation, but
> apparently not.  What am I missing?  Do I have to add some test app to
> INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py?

Nope. As long as your app is mentionned in INSTALLED_APPS (and you'd
have a different exception if it wasn't the case), this should work.

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