Pytest is a framework for testing Python code. Due to easy use, well-written documentation, and open-source It’s the most widely-used Python testing framework. To use Pytest you need to install it using pip.
pip install -U pytest
Pros:
- Supports unittest.
- Open-source.
- Well-written documentation.
- Allows writing simple and compact test suits.
- Allows test parametrization.
- Test written using Pytest are extensible, there are many plugins available.
- Provides fixtures.
- Capable of executing multiple test cases simultaneously.
- Capable of skipping selected test methods from a group of methods during execution.
- Allows generating HTML test results.
Cons:
- Because of Pytest’s unique syntax, you won’t be able to use tests written in Pytest in the different frameworks.
Official documentation: https://docs.pytest.org/en/6.2.x/contents.html