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Fixes #15595 -- emphasize the benefits of django.test.TestCase. Thanks for the patch Shawn Milochik 

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@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ two test frameworks that ship in the Python standard library. The two
frameworks are: frameworks are:
* **Unit tests** -- tests that are expressed as methods on a Python class * **Unit tests** -- tests that are expressed as methods on a Python class
that subclasses ``unittest.TestCase``. For example:: that subclasses ``unittest.TestCase`` or Django's customized
:class:`TestCase`. For example::
import unittest import unittest
@ -1102,7 +1103,16 @@ Converting a normal ``unittest.TestCase`` to a Django ``TestCase`` is easy:
just change the base class of your test from ``unittest.TestCase`` to just change the base class of your test from ``unittest.TestCase`` to
``django.test.TestCase``. All of the standard Python unit test functionality ``django.test.TestCase``. All of the standard Python unit test functionality
will continue to be available, but it will be augmented with some useful will continue to be available, but it will be augmented with some useful
additions. additions, including:
* Automatic loading of fixtures.
* Wraps each test in a transaction.
* Creates a TestClient instance.
* Django-specific assertions for testing for things
like redirection and form errors.
.. class:: TransactionTestCase() .. class:: TransactionTestCase()