Next steps
After all we learned, you might be anxious to get started with pytest or be eager to use it more frequently.
Here are a few ideas of the next steps you can take:
- Use it at work; if you already use Python in your day job and have plenty of tests, that's the best way to start. You can start slowly by using pytest as a test runner, and use more pytest features at a pace you feel comfortable with.
- Use it in your own open source projects: if you are a member or an owner of an open source project, this is a great way to get some pytest experience. It is better if you already have a test suite, but if you don't, certainly starting with pytest will be an excellent choice.
- Contribute to open source projects; you might choose an open source project that has
unittest
style tests and decide to offer to change it to use pytest. In April 2015, the pytest community organized what was called Adopt pytest month (https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/adopt.html), where open source projects paired up with...