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209: Testing argparse Applications
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209: Testing argparse Applications

Test & Code

November 16, 202316m 19s

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Show Notes

How do you test the argument parsing bit of an application that uses argparse?

This episode covers:

  • Design for Test: Structuring your app or script so it's easier to test.
  • pytest & capsys for testing stdout
  • Adding debug and preview flags for debugging and testing
  • And reverting to subprocess.run if you can't modify the code under test

Also, there's a full writeup and code samples available:




Topics

pythonprogrammingsoftwaretesting