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Welcome to pytest!
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- **a mature full-featured testing tool**
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- runs on Posix/Windows, Python 2.4-3.2, PyPy and Jython-2.5.1
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- :ref:`comprehensive online <toc>` and `PDF documentation <pytest.pdf>`_
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- continuously `tested on many Python interpreters <http://hudson.testrun.org/view/pytest/job/pytest/>`_
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- used in :ref:`many projects and organisations <projects>`, in test
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suites ranging from 10 to 10s of thousands of tests
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- comes with many :ref:`tested examples <examples>`
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- supports :ref:`good integration practises <goodpractises>`
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- **provides no-boilerplate testing**
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- makes it :ref:`easy to get started <getstarted>`,
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- refined :ref:`usage options <usage>`
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- :ref:`assert with the assert statement`
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- helpful :ref:`traceback and failing assertion reporting <tbreportdemo>`
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- allows :ref:`print debugging <printdebugging>` and :ref:`the
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capturing of standard output during test execution <captures>`
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- supports :pep:`8` compliant coding styles in tests
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- **supports functional testing and complex test setups**
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- (new in 2.2) :ref:`durations`
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- (much improved in 2.2) :ref:`marking and test selection <mark>`
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- (improved in 2.2) :ref:`parametrized test functions <parametrized test functions>`
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- advanced :ref:`skip and xfail`
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- unique :ref:`dependency injection through funcargs <funcargs>`
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- can :ref:`distribute tests to multiple CPUs <xdistcpu>` through :ref:`xdist plugin <xdist>`
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- can :ref:`continuously re-run failing tests <looponfailing>`
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- many :ref:`builtin helpers <pytest helpers>`
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- flexible :ref:`Python test discovery`
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- **integrates many common testing methods**
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- can integrate ``nose``, ``unittest.py`` and ``doctest.py`` style
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tests, including running testcases made for Django and trial
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- supports extended :ref:`xUnit style setup <xunitsetup>`
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- supports domain-specific :ref:`non-python tests`
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- supports the generation of testing coverage reports
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- `Javascript unit- and functional testing`_
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- **extensive plugin and customization system**
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- all collection, reporting, running aspects are delegated to hook functions
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- customizations can be per-directory, per-project or per PyPI released plugins
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- it is easy to add command line options or do other kind of add-ons and customizations.
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.. _`Javascript unit- and functional testing`: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/oejskit
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.. _`easy`: http://bruynooghe.blogspot.com/2009/12/skipping-slow-test-by-default-in-pytest.html
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