mamba-django 0.8.0

A Django test runner for mamba (the definitive test runner for Python).

mamba-django

A Django test runner for mamba.

How to install

pip install mamba-django

How to use

Go to your Django test settings and add this line

TEST_RUNNER = 'mamba_django.MambaRunner'

and then execute the Django tests

./manage.py test --settings=project.settings.test --keepdb

or you can execute the tests passing it as parameter

./manage.py test --testrunner mamba_django.MambaRunner --settings=project.settings.test --keepdb

Also, you can pass all the mamba parameters to the Django test command.

For example:

./manage.py test --settings=project.settings.test --keepdb -f documentation -s 1

How to execute mamba tests with Django database transactions

from expects import (
    equal,
    expect
)

from mamba_django import (
    start_django_transactions,
    rollback_django_transactions
)

from myapp.models import Animal


with description("Mamba with Django") as self:

    with before.each:
        self.transactions = start_django_transactions()

    with context("Running atomic tests"):

        with it("creates an animal"):
            Animal.objects.create(name="lion", sound="roar")
            expect(Animal.objects.all().count()).to(equal(1))

        with it("creates another animal"):
            Animal.objects.create(name="lion", sound="roar")
            expect(Animal.objects.all().count()).to(equal(1))

    with after.each:
        rollback_django_transactions(self.transactions)

How to load Django fixtures

You can use the method load_fixtures to load Django fixtures.

from expects import (
    equal,
    expect
)

from mamba_django import (
    load_fixtures,
    start_django_transactions,
    rollback_django_transactions
)

from django.contrib.auth.models import Group


with description("Mamba with Django") as self:

    with before.each:
        self.transactions = start_django_transactions()
        load_fixtures(['group.json'])

    with context("Fixtures"):

        with it("can retrieve loaded fixtures"):
            expect(Group.objects.all().count()).to(equal(1))

    with after.each:
        rollback_django_transactions(self.transactions)