On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Joseph (Driftwood Cove Designs)<powderfl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > We use a custom authentication backend, and I'm trying to develop a > test suite for it. The app has no model, since it uses the model from > contrib.auth So, I put my tests in tests.py, but the test runner does > not load it, even though the custom auth app is in INSTALLED_APPS. I > tried adding an empty models.py file to the folder, but that seemed to > cause some major issues during syncdb (trying to create duplicate > tables) > > When I move test.py to another app (with a models.py), it runs fine, > but doesn't run at all when I move it back into the custom auth app > (with no model). > > From the Django documentation: > For a given Django application, the test runner looks for doctests in > two places: > * The models.py file. ... > * A file called tests.py in the application directory -- i.e., the > directory that holds models.py. ... > ... > $ ./manage.py test > By default, this will run every test in every application in > INSTALLED_APPS. > > The first bit of documentation seems to indicate that the test runner > will only look in directories that contain a models.py (why?). The > second bit seems more sensible, but does not appear to be true. > > Any advice on how to get the test runner to run my tests or where to > put the tests (sensibly) so they run? > > >
You can put your tests in a tests.py file, however you still need to have an empty models.py file, so Django picks up the app correctly. Alex -- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." -- Voltaire "The people's good is the highest law." -- Cicero "Code can always be simpler than you think, but never as simple as you want" -- Me --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
