We'll cover things like:
- Recommended pytest settings for more strictness
- What's xfail and why is it useful?
- How to mark an entire test file or single parameters
- Ways to deal with parametrize IDs and syntax
- Useful built-in pytest fixtures
- Caching for fixtures
- Using fixtures implicitly
- Advanced fixture and parametrization topics
- How to customize fixtures behavior based on markers or custom CLI arguments
- Patching, mocking, and alternatives
- Various useful plugins, and how to write your own
- Short intro to property-based testing with Hypothesis
Freya Bruhin
Freya Bruhin ("The Compiler") is a long-time contributor and maintainer of both the pytest framework and various plugins. Discovering pytest in 2015, Freya has since given talks and conducted workshops about pytest at various conferences and companies. Freya's main project, qutebrowser (a keyboard-focused web browser), has grown from a hobby to a donation-funded part-time job.
