On Apr 5, 12:54 pm, Aldo Cortesi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thus spake Matthieu Brucher ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > How does it compare to the nose framework ? > > As far as the base unit testing functionality is concerned, I think > they try to address similar problems. Both have assert-based testing > with inspection and re-parsing of assert exceptions for better error > messages. Both try to provide better fixture management. Both make > programmatic test generation easier. Both have a command-line tool for > running and gathering tests. > > I like nose, but I'm biased, and of course I think Pry has some > advantages. One difference I'd point out is Pry's tree-based test > structure, which provides a number of conveniences and features (much > nicer test selection from the command line, for instance). Pry is also > less than half the size of nose, and should therefore be simpler to > extend and understand.
You forgot to mention the important point that nose is compatible with unittest and many developer (including myself) would consider that a major selling point. Michele Simionato -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
