Testing Python

# Good: Name tells you what's broken
def test_user_creation_sets_defaults():
    user = User(name="Alice")
    assert user.role == "member"
    assert user.id is not None
    assert user.created_at is not None

# Bad: If this fails, what behavior is broken?
def test_user():
    user = User(name="Alice")
    assert user.role == "member"
    user.promote()
    assert user.role == "admin"
    assert user.can_delete_others()

import pytest

@pytest.mark.parametrize("input,expected", [
    ("hello", "HELLO"),
    ("World", "WORLD"),
    ("", ""),
    ("123", "123"),
])
def test_uppercase_conversion(input, expected):
    assert input.upper() == expected

# Correct
async def test_async_operation():
    result = await some_async_function()
    assert result == expected

# Wrong - don't add this
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_async_operation():
    ...

# Correct
import pytest
from fastmcp import FastMCP
from fastmcp.client import Client

async def test_something():
    mcp = FastMCP("test")
    ...

# Wrong - no local imports
async def test_something():
    from fastmcp import FastMCP  # Don't do this
    ...

from fastmcp import FastMCP
from fastmcp.client import Client

mcp = FastMCP("TestServer")

@mcp.tool
def greet(name: str) -> str:
    return f"Hello, {name}!"

async def test_greet_tool():
    async with Client(mcp) as client:
        result = await client.call_tool("greet", {"name": "World"})
        assert result[0].text == "Hello, World!"

from inline_snapshot import snapshot

def test_schema_generation():
    schema = generate_schema(MyModel)
    assert schema == snapshot()  # Will auto-populate on first run

@pytest.fixture
def client():
    return Client()

async def test_with_client(client):
    result = await client.ping()
    assert result is not None

def test_file_writing(tmp_path):
    file = tmp_path / "test.txt"
    file.write_text("content")
    assert file.read_text() == "content"

from unittest.mock import patch, AsyncMock

async def test_external_api_call():
    with patch("mymodule.external_client.fetch", new_callable=AsyncMock) as mock:
        mock.return_value = {"data": "test"}
        result = await my_function()
        assert result == {"data": "test"}

# Good
def test_login_fails_with_invalid_password():
def test_user_can_update_own_profile():
def test_admin_can_delete_any_user():

# Bad
def test_login():
def test_update():
def test_delete():

import pytest

def test_raises_on_invalid_input():
    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="must be positive"):
        calculate(-1)

async def test_async_raises():
    with pytest.raises(ConnectionError):
        await connect_to_invalid_host()

uv run pytest -n auto              # Run all tests in parallel
uv run pytest -n auto -x           # Stop on first failure
uv run pytest path/to/test.py      # Run specific file
uv run pytest -k "test_name"       # Run tests matching pattern
uv run pytest -m "not integration" # Exclude integration tests