Pretzel LogixAfter 14 simple steps, we have finally reached the point where we can leverage the new module that we have just completed.
We are going to write an app!!!
In fact, we are going to first write a simple 5-line prototype just to prove that it works. And then we are going to write a full-fledged windowing GUI application that runs inside our OS of choice!
Are you excited? Let’s go!
At this point, we’ve essentially completed a barebones REST API library for TheCatApi.com in Python. Now we need to write our unit tests. If you haven’t written unit tests before, this might be a good opportunity to learn some of the basics of unit testing.
If you have written unit tests before and know how to do it, well, feel free to skip this chapter. No one I know actually likes writing unit tests even if they are REALLY good for the overall quality of your code.
This isn’t going to be an in-depth explanation of unit testing in Python. That would take a whole book or two. Instead, we’re just going to cover the basics. (If you are interesting in learning more on your own, check out the book “Python Testing with pytest” by Brian Okken.)