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

Backport of r16214 from trunk.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/branches/releases/1.3.X@16215 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
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Chris Beaven 2011-05-11 21:30:05 +00:00
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@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ two test frameworks that ship in the Python standard library. The two
frameworks are:
* **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
@ -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
``django.test.TestCase``. All of the standard Python unit test functionality
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()