Why on earth would you want to write a test with no assert statements?
After all, aren't assert statements how you decide wether a test passes or fails?
In this episode, we walk through a handful of useful examples of test code without asserts.
We also talk about how these types of tests are a great way to dip your toe into testing.
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218: Balancing test coverage with test costs - Nicole Tietz-Sokolskaya
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214: Python Testing in VS Code
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207: Welcome to "Python Test", pytest course, pytest-repeat and pytest-flakefinder
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