Opened 4 years ago

Last modified 4 years ago

#32270 closed New feature

Changing Django’s default test runner to be more robust — at Version 1

Reported by: Diptesh Choudhuri Owned by: nobody
Component: Testing framework Version: dev
Severity: Normal Keywords: testing
Cc: Triage Stage: Unreviewed
Has patch: no Needs documentation: no
Needs tests: no Patch needs improvement: no
Easy pickings: no UI/UX: no

Description (last modified by Diptesh Choudhuri)

The default django test runner gets the job done, but it (and the entire django codebase) can benefit from a more robust runner, like pytest or nose. I will take the example of pytest because I am familiar with it and it is more widely used.

Anyone who has used pytest with django will immediately agree that it is much more pleasurable to work with, albeit a bit more intimidating. I intend work on the intimidating part and make it easier by adding a lot of documentation.

Please let me know your opinions on this topic. If it gets traction, I will work on compiling a list of what pytest has over the default runner, and what I intend to do to solve all of this.

NOTE: If accepted, this will be my proposal for GSoC 2021 to the Django Organization.

Best,
Diptesh

Change History (1)

comment:1 by Diptesh Choudhuri, 4 years ago

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