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def
home_page
(
request
):
return
HttpResponse
()
• Tests again:
self.assertTrue(response.content.startswith(b'<html>'))
AssertionError: False is not true
• Code again:
lists/views.py.
def
home_page
(
request
):
return
HttpResponse
(
'<html>'
)
• Tests:
AssertionError: b'<title>To-Do lists</title>' not found in b'<html>'
• Code:
lists/views.py.
def
home_page
(
request
):
return
HttpResponse
(
'<html><title>To-Do lists</title>'
)
• Tests—almost there?
self.assertTrue(response.content.endswith(b'</html>'))
AssertionError: False is not true
• Come on, one last effort:
lists/views.py.
def
home_page
(
request
):
return
HttpResponse
(
'<html><title>To-Do lists</title></html>'
)
• Surely?
$
python3 manage.py test
Creating test database for alias 'default'...
..
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 2 tests in 0.001s
OK
Destroying test database for alias 'default'...
Yes! Now, let’s run our functional tests. Don’t forget to spin up the dev server again, if
it’s not still running. It feels like the final heat of the race here, surely this is it … could
it be?
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