Python Unit Test Automation

Figure 4-3.  The nosetests.html file

---

Chapter 4 
■
 nose and nose2
83
Running unittest Tests from nose
In the beginning of the chapter, you read that you can run unittest tests with nose. 
Let’s try that now. Navigate to the chapter03 directory. Run the following command to 
discover and execute all of the unittest tests automatically:
nosetests -v
This will be the output:
test_case01 (test.test_module01.TestClass01) ... ok
test_case02 (test.test_module01.TestClass01) ... ok
test_case01 (test.test_module02.TestClass02) ... ok
test_case02 (test.test_module02.TestClass02) ... ok
test_case01 (test.test_module03.TestClass03) ... ok
test_case02 (test.test_module03.TestClass03) ... ok
test_case03 (test.test_module03.TestClass03) ... FAIL
test_case04 (test.test_module03.TestClass03) ... FAIL
test_case01 (test.test_module04.TestClass04) ... ok
I am truncating the output as it would otherwise fill a lot of pages. Run the command 
yourself to see the entire output.
Advantages of nose over unittest
Here is a summary of the advantages of nose over unittest:
•  Unlike unittest, nose does not require you to extend test cases 
from a parent class. This results in less code.
•  Using nose, you can write test functions. This is not possible in 
unittest.