setUpTestData

bar/blog/tests/base_test_case.py

@@ -7,15 +7,18 @@ class BaseBlogTestCase(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super().setUp()
 
-    def _create_tags(self):
+    @classmethod
+    def _create_tags(cls):
         return [Tag.objects.create(name='Foo'), Tag.objects.create(name='Bar'), Tag.objects.create(name='Spam')]
 
-    def _create_author(self, username, email, bio, password):
+    @classmethod
+    def _create_author(cls, username, email, bio, password):
         author = Author.objects.create(bio=bio, email=email, username=username)
         author.set_password(password)
         return author
 
-    def _create_article(self, title, content, author, comments_on, tags):
+    @classmethod
+    def _create_article(cls, title, content, author, comments_on, tags):
         article = Article.objects.create(title=title, content=content, author=author, comments_on=comments_on)
         if tags:
             article.tags.add(*tags)

bar/blog/tests/tests_articles_list.py

@@ -14,16 +14,16 @@ def test_url_resolving(self):
 
 class ArticlesListPaginationTestCase(BaseBlogTestCase):
 
-    def setUp(self):
-        super().setUp()
-        self.tags = self._create_tags()
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpTestData(cls):
+        cls.tags = cls._create_tags()
         for author_num in range(5):
-            author = self._create_author(
+            author = cls._create_author(
                 'author-{}'.format(author_num), 'author-{}@e.co'.format(author_num), 'Bio #{}'.format(author_num),
                 'v3rys3cr31')
             for article_num in range(10):
-                self._create_article(
-                    'Article #{}'.format(author_num*10+article_num), 'foo bar', author, True, self.tags)
+                cls._create_article(
+                    'Article #{}'.format(author_num*10+article_num), 'foo bar', author, True, cls.tags)
 
     def test_first_20_articles_are_on_the_page(self):
         resp = self.client.get(reverse('articles_list'))

bar/blog/tests/tests_articles_tags.py

@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 
 class ArticlesTagsTestCase(BaseBlogTestCase):
 
-    def setUp(self):
-        super().setUp()
-        tags = self._create_tags()
-        author = self._create_author('foobar', 'foobar@e.co', 'spam', 'v3rys3cr31')
-        self._create_article('Spam', 'foo bar', author, True, tags)
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpTestData(cls):
+        tags = cls._create_tags()
+        author = cls._create_author('foobar', 'foobar@e.co', 'spam', 'v3rys3cr31')
+        cls._create_article('Spam', 'foo bar', author, True, tags)
 
     def test_foo_bar(self):
         self.assertEqual(3, 2+1)