11.3 Deliverables
The refactoring of existing applications to formalize the interim file formats leads to changes in existing projects. These changes will ripple through to unit test changes. There should not be any acceptance test changes when refactoring the data model modules.
Adding a ”pick up where you left off” feature, on the other hand, will lead to changes in the application behavior. This will be reflected in the acceptance test suite, as well as unit tests.
The deliverables depend on which projects you’ve completed, and which modules need revision. We’ll look at some of the considerations for these deliverables.
11.3.1 Unit test
A function that creates an output file will need to have test cases with two distinct fixtures. One fixture will have a version of the output file, and the other fixture will have no output file. These fixtures can be built on top of the pytest.tmp_path fixture. This fixture provides a unique temporary directory that...
