unittest setup class code example

Example 1: python unittest setUpClass

class MyUnitTest(unittest.TestCase):
    @classmethod
    def setUpClass(cls):
        do_something_expensive_for_all_sets_of_tests()

class MyFirstSetOfTests(MyUnitTest):
    @classmethod
    def setUpClass(cls):
        super(MyFirstSetOfTests, cls).setUpClass()
        do_something_expensive_for_just_these_first_tests()

Example 2: self.assertequal python

'''
In other words, assertEquals is a function to check if two variables are equal, for purposes of automated testing:
'''

def assertEquals(var1, var2):
    if var1 == var2:
        return True
    else:
        return False