Django Django Testing & Debugging

Question 1

Which class should a Django test case inherit from to get database access and automatic rollback between tests?

Accepted Answer

django.test.TestCase

Answer

django.test.TestCase wraps each test in a transaction that is rolled back after the test, providing database isolation.

Question 2

What does the Django test Client's `self.client.get('/path/')` method return?

Accepted Answer

A HttpResponse object

Answer

The test Client's get() method returns an HttpResponse object whose status_code, content, and context can be inspected.

Question 3

Which Django management command runs the test suite?

Accepted Answer

python manage.py test

Answer

python manage.py test discovers and runs all tests in the project using Django's test runner.

Question 4

What is the purpose of `django.test.SimpleTestCase`?

Accepted Answer

Running tests that do not require database access

Answer

SimpleTestCase is for tests that don't touch the database, making it faster since no database setup is needed.

Question 5

How do you set up test-specific settings in Django without modifying the main settings file?

Accepted Answer

Use the @override_settings decorator

Answer

@override_settings temporarily changes Django settings for a single test or test class, restoring them afterwards.

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