Unitest: More Options

Discovering Unit Tests

For details on manually discovering Unit Tests. go here.

Troubleshooting (Errors)

For details on how and where errors are displayed, go here.

Running All Tests

• Provided Tests have been discovered, you can run them by selecting the Run All Tests option from the quick pick
• To get this Quick Pick list, you either:
  • Click the Run Tests Status Bar item
  • Select the command Python: View Test UI from the command palette
• Or you could simply select command Python: Run Unit Tests from the command palette

Running Failed Tests

• Open the Python: Test UI by clicking on the Test Status bar or selecting the command Python: View Test UI from the command palette
• Next select the option Run Failed Tests

Running All Tests in a Test File

Select the file in the explorer and select the Run Unit Tests context menu option

Running All Tests in a Test Class (Test Suite)

• Open the test file in the editor
• Locate the test class (test suite) in the editor
• Click the Test code lens display just above the test class (test suite)

Test a specific function/method

Option 1:

• Open the Python: Test UI by clicking on the Test Status bar or selecting the command Python: View Test UI from the command palette
• Type into the textbox to find the test function/method that needs to be tested
• Once found, select it and press the return/enter key

Option 2:

• Open the test file in the editor
• Locate the test function/method in the editor
• Click the Test code lens display just above the test function/method

Viewing Test Output

• The total number of tests that have passed, failed, skipped and error'ed will be displayed in the status bar
• This same information will also be displayed in the Python Test Log output panel
• And also in the Quick Pick List