有了 Jupyter、PyHamcrest,用一点测试的代码把它们连在一起,你就可以教任何适用于单元测试的 Python 内容。
关于 Ruby 社区的一些事情一直让我印象深刻,其中两个例子是对测试的承诺和对易于上手的强调。这两方面最好的例子是 Ruby Koans,在这里你可以通过修复测试来学习 Ruby。
要是我们能把这些神奇的工具也用于 Python,我们应该可以做得更好。是的,使用 Jupyter Notebook、PyHamcrest,再加上一点类似于胶带的粘合代码,我们可以做出一个包括教学、可工作的代码和需要修复的代码的教程。
首先,需要一些“胶布”。通常,你会使用一些漂亮的命令行测试器来做测试,比如 pytest 或 virtue。通常,你甚至不会直接运行它。你使用像 tox 或 nox 这样的工具来运行它。然而,对于 Jupyter 来说,你需要写一小段粘合代码,可以直接在其中运行测试。
幸运的是,这个代码又短又简单:
import unittest
def run_test(klass):
suite = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(klass)
unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2).run(suite)
return klass
现在,装备已经就绪,可以进行第一次练习了。
在教学中,从一个简单的练习开始,建立信心总是一个好主意。
那么,让我们来修复一个非常简单的测试:
@run_test
class TestNumbers(unittest.TestCase):
def test_equality(self):
expected_value = 3 # 只改这一行
self.assertEqual(1+1, expected_value)
test_equality (__main__.TestNumbers) ... FAIL
======================================================================
FAIL: test_equality (__main__.TestNumbers)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<ipython-input-7-5ebe25bc00f3>", line 6, in test_equality
self.assertEqual(1+1, expected_value)
AssertionError: 2 != 3
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Ran 1 test in 0.002s
FAILED (failures=1)
“只改这一行” 对学生来说是一个有用的标记。它准确地表明了需要修改的内容。否则,学生可以通过将第一行改为 return
来修复测试。
在这种情况下,修复很容易:
@run_test
class TestNumbers(unittest.TestCase):
def test_equality(self):
expected_value = 2 # 修复后的代码行
self.assertEqual(1+1, expected_value)
test_equality (__main__.TestNumbers) ... ok
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 1 test in 0.002s
OK
然而,很快,unittest
库的原生断言将被证明是不够的。在 pytest
中,通过重写 assert
中的字节码来解决这个问题,使其具有神奇的属性和各种启发式方法。但这在 Jupyter notebook 中就不容易实现了。是时候挖出一个好的断言库了:PyHamcrest。
from hamcrest import *
@run_test
class TestList(unittest.TestCase):
def test_equality(self):
things = [1,
5, # 只改这一行
3]
assert_that(things, has_items(1, 2, 3))
test_equality (__main__.TestList) ... FAIL
======================================================================
FAIL: test_equality (__main__.TestList)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<ipython-input-11-96c91225ee7d>", line 8, in test_equality
assert_that(things, has_items(1, 2, 3))
AssertionError:
Expected: (a sequence containing <1> and a sequence containing <2> and a sequence containing <3>)
but: a sequence containing <2> was <[1, 5, 3]>
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 1 test in 0.004s
FAILED (failures=1)
PyHamcrest 不仅擅长灵活的断言,它还擅长清晰的错误信息。正因为如此,问题就显而易见了。[1, 5, 3]
不包含 2
,而且看起来很丑:
@run_test
class TestList(unittest.TestCase):
def test_equality(self):
things = [1,
2, # 改完的行
3]
assert_that(things, has_items(1, 2, 3))
test_equality (__main__.TestList) ... ok
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 1 test in 0.001s
OK
使用 Jupyter、PyHamcrest 和一点测试的粘合代码,你可以教授任何适用于单元测试的 Python 主题。
例如,下面可以帮助展示 Python 从字符串中去掉空白的不同方法之间的差异。
source_string = " hello world "
@run_test
class TestList(unittest.TestCase):
# 这是个赠品:它可以工作!
def test_complete_strip(self):
result = source_string.strip()
assert_that(result,
all_of(starts_with("hello"), ends_with("world")))
def test_start_strip(self):
result = source_string # 只改这一行
assert_that(result,
all_of(starts_with("hello"), ends_with("world ")))
def test_end_strip(self):
result = source_string # 只改这一行
assert_that(result,
all_of(starts_with(" hello"), ends_with("world")))
test_complete_strip (__main__.TestList) ... ok
test_end_strip (__main__.TestList) ... FAIL
test_start_strip (__main__.TestList) ... FAIL
======================================================================
FAIL: test_end_strip (__main__.TestList)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<ipython-input-16-3db7465bd5bf>", line 19, in test_end_strip
assert_that(result,
AssertionError:
Expected: (a string starting with ' hello' and a string ending with 'world')
but: a string ending with 'world' was ' hello world '
======================================================================
FAIL: test_start_strip (__main__.TestList)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<ipython-input-16-3db7465bd5bf>", line 14, in test_start_strip
assert_that(result,
AssertionError:
Expected: (a string starting with 'hello' and a string ending with 'world ')
but: a string starting with 'hello' was ' hello world '
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 3 tests in 0.006s
FAILED (failures=2)
理想情况下,学生们会意识到 .lstrip()
和 .rstrip()
这两个方法可以满足他们的需要。但如果他们不这样做,而是试图到处使用 .strip()
的话:
source_string = " hello world "
@run_test
class TestList(unittest.TestCase):
# 这是个赠品:它可以工作!
def test_complete_strip(self):
result = source_string.strip()
assert_that(result,
all_of(starts_with("hello"), ends_with("world")))
def test_start_strip(self):
result = source_string.strip() # 改完的行
assert_that(result,
all_of(starts_with("hello"), ends_with("world ")))
def test_end_strip(self):
result = source_string.strip() # 改完的行
assert_that(result,
all_of(starts_with(" hello"), ends_with("world")))
test_complete_strip (__main__.TestList) ... ok
test_end_strip (__main__.TestList) ... FAIL
test_start_strip (__main__.TestList) ... FAIL
======================================================================
FAIL: test_end_strip (__main__.TestList)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<ipython-input-17-6f9cfa1a997f>", line 19, in test_end_strip
assert_that(result,
AssertionError:
Expected: (a string starting with ' hello' and a string ending with 'world')
but: a string starting with ' hello' was 'hello world'
======================================================================
FAIL: test_start_strip (__main__.TestList)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<ipython-input-17-6f9cfa1a997f>", line 14, in test_start_strip
assert_that(result,
AssertionError:
Expected: (a string starting with 'hello' and a string ending with 'world ')
but: a string ending with 'world ' was 'hello world'
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 3 tests in 0.007s
FAILED (failures=2)
他们会得到一个不同的错误信息,显示去除了过多的空白:
source_string = " hello world "
@run_test
class TestList(unittest.TestCase):
# 这是个赠品:它可以工作!
def test_complete_strip(self):
result = source_string.strip()
assert_that(result,
all_of(starts_with("hello"), ends_with("world")))
def test_start_strip(self):
result = source_string.lstrip() # Fixed this line
assert_that(result,
all_of(starts_with("hello"), ends_with("world ")))
def test_end_strip(self):
result = source_string.rstrip() # Fixed this line
assert_that(result,
all_of(starts_with(" hello"), ends_with("world")))
test_complete_strip (__main__.TestList) ... ok
test_end_strip (__main__.TestList) ... ok
test_start_strip (__main__.TestList) ... ok
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 3 tests in 0.005s
OK