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Python Python Testing First Steps With Testing Your First unittest Test Case

James N
James N
17,864 Points
Posted by James N
James N
17,864 Points

[RESOLVED] REALLY LARGE TRACEBACK! NameError: name 'TestCase' is not defined

The error:

error.txt 
treehouse:~/workspace/rps$ python -m unittest test.py       
Traceback (most recent call last):                          
  File "/usr/local/pyenv/versions/3.5.0/lib/python3.5/runpy.
py", line 170, in _run_module_as_main                       
    "__main__", mod_spec)                                   
  File "/usr/local/pyenv/versions/3.5.0/lib/python3.5/runpy.
py", line 85, in _run_code                                  
    exec(code, run_globals)                                 
  File "/usr/local/pyenv/versions/3.5.0/lib/python3.5/unitte
st/__main__.py", line 18, in <module>                       
    main(module=None)                                       
  File "/usr/local/pyenv/versions/3.5.0/lib/python3.5/unitte
st/main.py", line 93, in __init__                           
    self.parseArgs(argv)                                    
  File "/usr/local/pyenv/versions/3.5.0/lib/python3.5/unitte
st/main.py", line 140, in parseArgs                         
    self.createTests()                                      
  File "/usr/local/pyenv/versions/3.5.0/lib/python3.5/unitte
st/main.py", line 147, in createTests                       
    self.module)                                            
  File "/usr/local/pyenv/versions/3.5.0/lib/python3.5/unitte
st/loader.py", line 219, in loadTestsFromNames              
    suites = [self.loadTestsFromName(name, module) for name 
in names]                                                   
  File "/usr/local/pyenv/versions/3.5.0/lib/python3.5/unitte
st/loader.py", line 219, in <listcomp>                      
    suites = [self.loadTestsFromName(name, module) for name 
in names]                                                   
  File "/usr/local/pyenv/versions/3.5.0/lib/python3.5/unitte
st/loader.py", line 153, in loadTestsFromName               
    module = __import__(module_name)                        
  File "/home/treehouse/workspace/rps/test.py", line 6, in <
module>                                                     
    class MoveTests(unittest, TestCase):                    
NameError: name 'TestCase' is not defined                   
treehouse:

The code:

test.py 
import unittest

import moves


class MoveTests(unittest, TestCase):
  def test_five_plus_five(self):
    assert 5 + 5 == 10

  def test_one_plus_one(self):
    assert not 1 + 1 == 3

The question: Why am i getting a traceback with more lines than my code? What did i do wrong? Thanks, james.

2 Answers

James N
James N
17,864 Points
James N
James N
17,864 Points

never mind! i couldn't see the video very well on my device, i typed a , instead of a ..

Sandy Goreraza
Sandy Goreraza
7,391 Points
Sandy Goreraza
Sandy Goreraza
7,391 Points

Looking at your class MoveTests code ,i.e class MoveTests(unittest, TestCase): you placed a comma instead of full stop (.)

your code should read

class MoveTests(unittest.TestCase):

it will run with success.......!