Development Tools¶
The modules described in this chapter help you write software. For example, the
pydoc
module takes a module and generates documentation based on the
module’s contents. The doctest
and unittest
modules contains
frameworks for writing unit tests that automatically exercise code and verify
that the expected output is produced.
The list of modules described in this chapter is:
typing
— Support for type hintspydoc
— Documentation generator and online help system- Python Development Mode
doctest
— Test interactive Python examplesunittest
— Unit testing frameworkunittest.mock
— mock object libraryunittest.mock
— getting startedtest
— Regression tests package for Pythontest.support
— Utilities for the Python test suitetest.support.socket_helper
— Utilities for socket teststest.support.script_helper
— Utilities for the Python execution teststest.support.bytecode_helper
— Support tools for testing correct bytecode generationtest.support.threading_helper
— Utilities for threading teststest.support.os_helper
— Utilities for os teststest.support.import_helper
— Utilities for import teststest.support.warnings_helper
— Utilities for warnings tests