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