<ul>
<li>Setup and Teardown</li>
<li>Benefits of Test Fixtures

<ul>
<li>code reuse</li>
<li>cleanup of resources</li>
<li>errors vs failures</li>
<li>focusing your thinking on what you are testing and what you are not</li>
<li>scoping for efficiency</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Brief look at pytest named fixtures</li>
</ul>

References

<ul>
<li><a href="http://pythontesting.net/framework/pytest/pytest-fixtures/" rel="nofollow">pytest fixtures series</a></li>
<li><a href="http://pythontesting.net/framework/pytest/pytest-fixtures-nuts-bolts/" rel="nofollow">pytest fixtures nuts &amp; bolts</a></li>
<li><a href="http://pythontesting.net/framework/pytest/pytest-session-scoped-fixtures/" rel="nofollow">pytest session scoped fixtures</a></li>
<li><a href="http://pythontesting.net/framework/unittest/unittest-fixtures/" rel="nofollow">unittest fixtures</a></li>
<li><a href="http://pythontesting.net/framework/nose/nose-introduction/#fixtures" rel="nofollow">nose fixtures mentioned in introduction</a></li>
<li><a href="http://pythontesting.net/framework/nose/nose-fixture-reference/" rel="nofollow">nose fixture reference post</a></li>
<li><a href="http://pythontesting.net/framework/specify-test-unittest-nosetests-pytest/" rel="nofollow">how to run a single class</a></li>
</ul>

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