how to make a Python Test Driven Development environment automatically on Windows without Windows Subsystem for Linux

To review, here are steps I take to make the environment for every project

I want to give one command for the program to do every step except

give the project a name
make the test pass and
work on the project

I only want to do 3 steps not 18

preview

Here is the program_ I have by the end of the chapter to automatically make a python test driven development environment, it is only 27 lines of code, with spaces

mkdir more_magic
cd more_magic
mkdir src
New-Item "src/more_magic.py"
mkdir tests
New-Item tests/__init__.py

"import unittest


class TestMoreMagic(unittest.TestCase):

    def test_failure(self):
        self.assertFalse(True)


# Exceptions seen
# AssertionError
" | Out-File "tests/test_more_magic.py" -Encoding UTF8

python -m venv .venv
.venv/scripts/activate.ps1
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
"pytest-watch" | Out-File requirements.txt -Encoding UTF8
python -m pip install --requirement requirements.txt
pytest-watch

questions about making a Python Test Driven Development Environment automatically on Windows without Windows Subsystem for Linux

Here are questions you can answer after going through this chapter

How can I make a PowerShell script?
How can I run a PowerShell script

how to make a PowerShell script

I go to the terminal_ and use `New-Item`_ to make an empty file_ with a name that is easy to remember later. I want the name to also describe the program_ that will automatically make a Test Driven Development environment for me
```
New-Item makePythonTdd.ps1
```
the terminal_ goes back to the command line

I open makePythonTdd.ps1 in the editor of the `Integrated Development Environment (IDE)`_, then add the commands I use to make a Python_ Test Driven Development environment for a project

mkdir magic_again
cd magic_again
mkdir src
New-Item src/magic_again.py
mkdir tests
New-Item tests/__init__.py
New-Item tests/test_magic_again.py
python -m venv .venv
.venv/scripts/activate.ps1
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
"pytest-watch" | Out-File requirements.txt -Encoding UTF8
python -m pip install --requirement requirements.txt
pytest-watch

test_magic_again.py is an empty file_ becuase I used `New-Item`_. I want it to have the text for the first failure so I do not have to open the editor to add the text for it in each project. I use `Out-File`_ to add the text to test_magic_again.py when it makes the file_ in the tests folder_, the same I do with the requirements.txt file_
```
 5mkdir tests
 6New-Item tests/__init__.py
 7
 8"" | Out-File "tests/test_magic.py" -Encoding UTF8
 9
10python -m venv .venv
11.venv/scripts/activate.ps1
```
I add the text for the test inside the quotes (“”) I just added to makePythonTdd.sh, the way I do with `Out-File`_ when I add "pytest-watch" as text in requirements.txt

Caution

Indentation_ is important in Python_, I use 4 spaces as convention in this book, see the Python Style Guide for more
```
 8"import unittest
 9
10
11class TestMagicAgain(unittest.TestCase):
12
13    def test_failure(self):
14        self.assertFalse(True)
15
16
17# Exceptions seen
18# AssertionError
19" | Out-File "tests/test_magic_again.py" -Encoding UTF8
```

how to run a PowerShell script

I go back to the terminal_ to run the program_

makePythonTdd.ps1

the terminal_ shows

command not found: makePythonTdd.ps1

I have to tell the computer where the file_ is

.\makePythonTdd.ps1

.\ is shorthand for this directory which in this case is pumping_python where makePythonTdd.ps1 is saved. The terminal_ shows

======================================= FAILURES =======================================
_____________________________ TestMagicAgain.test_failure _____________________________

self = <tests.test_magic_again.TestMagicAgain testMethod=test_failure>

    def test_failure(self):
>       self.assertFalse(True)
E       AssertionError: True is not false

tests/test_magic_again.py:7: AssertionError
=============================== short test summary info ================================
FAILED tests/test_magic_again.py::TestMagicAgain::test_failure - AssertionError: True is not false
================================== 1 failed in X.YZs ===================================

Success! I just made a program_ that can make the magic_again project anytime I want and it automatically does the steps I did manually.

I hold ctrl on the keyboard and click on tests/test_magic_again.py to open it in the editor then make the test pass
I hit ctrl+c in the terminal_ to stop the test
I deactivate the `virtual environment`_
```
deactivate
```
the terminal_ goes back to the command line
I leave the magic folder to go back to the pumping_python folder_
```
cd ..
```
the terminal_ shows
```
...\pumping_python >
```

I want to use makePythonTdd.ps1 to make another project with a different name. I change magic_again to the name of the new project in the editor

Note

The lines that are changing in the code are highlighted

mkdir more_magic
cd more_magic
mkdir src
touch src/more_magic.py
mkdir tests
touch tests/__init__.py

"import unittest


class TestMoreMagic(unittest.TestCase):

    def test_failure(self):
        self.assertFalse(True)


# Exceptions seen
# AssertionError
" | Out-File "tests/test_more_magic.py" - Encoding UTF8

I run makePythonTdd.ps1 in the terminal_ to make a project named more_magic

./makePythonTdd.ps1

the terminal_ shows AssertionError

======================================= FAILURES =======================================
_____________________________ TestMoreMagic.test_failure ______________________________

self = <tests.test_more_magic.TestMoreMagic testMethod=test_failure>

    def test_failure(self):
>       self.assertFalse(True)
E       AssertionError: True is not false

tests/test_more_magic.py:7: AssertionError
=============================== short test summary info ================================
FAILED tests/test_more_magic.py::TestMoreMagic::test_failure - AssertionError: True is not false
================================== 1 failed in X.YZs ===================================

I make the test pass

I hit ctrl+c to exit the tests in the terminal_

the program_ works and can make a Python_ Test Driven Development environment automatically the way I want every time

close the project

I close the test_more_magic.py in the editor I had open
I click in the terminal_ and exit the tests with ctrl+c on the keyboard
I deactivate the `virtual environment`_
```
deactivate
```
the terminal_ goes back to the command line, (.venv) is no longer on the left side
```
...\pumping_python\more_magic
```
I `change directory`_ to the parent of more_magic
```
cd ..
```
the terminal_ shows
```
...\pumping_python
```
I am back in the pumping_python directory_

review

`Computer Programming`_ allows me to take some steps and make them a one line command for the computer to do for me. You have seen a way I can make a Python_ Test Driven Development environment, with a program to do it on any Windows_ computer without `Windows Subsystem for Linux`_.

How many questions can you answer after going through this chapter?

Click Here to see the code for the program to make a Python Test Driven Development environment for any Linux or MacOS computers

what is next?

Here is what we have gone through together so far

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