Batteries included: builtin nose plugins

nose includes a number of builtin plugins that can make testing faster and easier.

Note

nose 0.11.2 includes a change to default plugin loading. Now, a 3rd party plugin with the same name as a builtin will be loaded instead of the builtin plugin.

• AllModules: collect tests in all modules
  • Options
  • Plugin
  • Source
• Attrib: tag and select tests with attributes
  • Simple syntax
  • Expression Evaluation
  • Options
  • Plugin
  • Source
• Capture: capture stdout during tests
  • Options
  • Plugin
  • Source
• Collect: Collect tests quickly
  • Options
  • Plugin
  • Source
• Cover: code coverage
  • Options
  • Plugin
  • Source
• Debug: drop into pdb on errors or failures
  • Options
  • Plugin
  • Source
• Deprecated: mark tests as deprecated
  • Options
  • Plugin
  • Source
• Doctests: run doctests with nose
  • Options
  • Plugin
  • Source
• Failure Detail: introspect asserts
  • Options
  • Plugin
  • Source
• Isolate: protect tests from (some) side-effects
  • Options
  • Plugin
  • Source
• Logcapture: capture logging during tests
  • Options
  • Plugin
  • Source
• Multiprocess: parallel testing
  • Overview
  • How tests are distributed
  • How results are collected and reported
  • Beware!
  • New Features in 1.1.0
  • Options
  • Plugin
  • Source
• Prof: enable profiling using the hotshot profiler
  • Options
  • Plugin
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• Skip: mark tests as skipped
  • Options
  • Plugin
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• Testid: add a test id to each test name output
  • Looping over failed tests
  • Options
  • Plugin
  • Source
• Xunit: output test results in xunit format
  • Options
  • Plugin
  • Source