Python Unit Test Automation

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Creating an HTML Report
nose does not have a built-in provision for HTML reports. You have to install a plugin for 
that. Run the following command to install the HTML output plugin:
sudo pip3 install nose-htmloutput
Once the plugin is installed, you can run the following command to execute the test:
nosetests test_module01.py -vs --with-html
Here is the output:
In setUpPackage()...
test.test_module01.test_case01 ... ok
In tearDownPackage()...
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HTML: nosetests.html
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Ran 1 test in 0.009s
OK
The plugin saves the output in the current location in a file called nosetests.html. 
Figure 
4-3
 shows a snapshot of the nosetests.html file, opened in a web browser.

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Creating Color Output in the Console
Until now, you saw the methods that generate formatted output files. While running 
nosetest, you must have observed that the console output is monochrome (white text on 
a dark background and vice versa). The plugin called rednose is used to create colored 
console output. You can install that plugin using the following command:
sudo pip3 install rednose
Once the plugin is installed, run the following command:
nosetests test_module08.py -vs --rednose
Figure 
4-4
 shows a screenshot of the output, although you won’t see it in color here, 
due to the grayscale nature of the published book.