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Web Development with Django

You're reading from   Web Development with Django A definitive guide to building modern Python web applications using Django 4

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803230603
Length 764 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Bharath Chandra K S Bharath Chandra K S
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Preface 1. Chapter 1: An Introduction to Django 2. Chapter 2: Models and Migrations FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: URL Mapping, Views, and Templates 4. Chapter 4: An Introduction to Django Admin 5. Chapter 5: Serving Static Files 6. Chapter 6: Forms 7. Chapter 7: Advanced Form Validation and Model Forms 8. Chapter 8: Media Serving and File Uploads 9. Chapter 9: Sessions and Authentication 10. Chapter 10: Advanced Django Admin and Customizations 11. Chapter 11: Advanced Templating and Class-Based Views 12. Chapter 12: Building a REST API 13. Chapter 13: Generating CSV, PDF, and Other Binary Files 14. Chapter 14: Testing Your Django Applications 15. Chapter 15: Django Third-Party Libraries 16. Chapter 16: Using a Frontend JavaScript Library with Django 17. Index 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Test case classes in Django

Beyond the base TestCase class provided by Django, which can be used to define a multitude of test cases for different components, Django also provides some specialized classes derived from the TestCase class.

These classes are used for specific types of test cases based on the capabilities they provide to the developer. Let’s look at the different classes provided by Django.

The SimpleTestCase class

This class is derived from the TestCase class provided by Django’s test module and should be used when writing simple test cases that test the view functions. Usually, this class is not preferred when your test case involves making database queries. The class also provides a lot of useful features, such as these:

  • Ability to check for exceptions raised by a view function
  • Ability to test form fields
  • A built-in test client
  • Ability to verify a redirect by a view function
  • Can match the equality of two HTML, JSON, or...
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