Integration with existing python test runners (unittest, nose etc) about pyspecs HOT 2 CLOSED

My original plan was to integrate with unittest, or maybe as a nose plugin. I did some investigation into unittest and nose and just didn't have the patience to come to a thorough understanding of how to hook into either of them effectively. It's probably a lot easier than it seemed to me at the time but I was anxious to get something working so I went ahead with a standalone project.

Basically, we need to be able to run several setup methods (given, when, collect) followed by one or more assertion methods (then), and ending with a single cleanup method (after). One aspect of unittest that seemed like trouble was its philosophy of running the setup code for every test method in a class, which is just extra work.

Are you already an expert (or would you like to become an expert) with the innards of unittest or nose? I'd welcome your input/contributions in this direction. Thanks for reaching out!

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BTW, I should mention that when I was first experimenting with the idea for this project I did have a TestCase-based solution:

https://github.com/mdwhatcott/pyspecs-depracated/tree/experimental

The 'experimental' branch implemented a class (UnitSpec) that inherits from TestCase and is picked up the the unittest runner. The only problem with it is that the setup methods (@given, @when) are run for each assertion method (@then) which I couldn't live with in the long-term. The classmethod-based setup and teardown functions seemed cumbersome to hook into. Any ideas?

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