Run setUp only once for a set of automated tests

Question

My Python version is 2.6.

I would like to execute the test setUp method only once since I do things there which are needed for all tests.

My idea was to crea

Answer 1

setup_done is a class variable, not an instance variable.

You are referencing it as an instance variable:

self.setup_done

But you need to reference it as a class variable:

mySelTest.setup_done

Here's the corrected code:

class mySelTest(unittest.TestCase):
    setup_done = False

    def setUp(self):
        print str(mySelTest.setup_done)

        if mySelTest.setup_done:
            return
        mySelTest.setup_done = True
        print str(mySelTest.setup_done)