Test using pytest; update README, package files, and GitHub Actions w…

…orkflow.

.github/workflows/lint-test-cover-docs.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9']
+        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10']
     name: "Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ jobs:
           architecture: x64
       - name: Lint and test module.
         run: |
-          pip install -U pylint coverage nose .
+          pip install -U pylint pytest pytest-cov .
           python -m pylint nthcommunity # Check against linting rules.
-          python -m nose --cover-erase # Test using nose.
+          python -m pytest # Run tests.
       - name: Publish coverage results.
         run: |
           pip install -U pylint coveralls

README.rst

@@ -165,15 +165,15 @@ The documentation can be generated automatically from the source files using `Sp
 
 Testing and Conventions
 -----------------------
-All unit tests are executed and their coverage is measured when using `nose <https://nose.readthedocs.io/>`_ (see ``setup.cfg`` for configuration details)::
+All unit tests are executed and their coverage is measured when using `pytest <https://docs.pytest.org/>`_ (see ``setup.cfg`` for configuration details)::
 
-    python -m pip install nose coverage
-    nosetests --cover-erase
+    python -m pip install pytest pytest-cov
+    python -m pytest
 
 Style conventions are enforced using `Pylint <https://www.pylint.org/>`_::
 
     python -m pip install pylint
-    pylint nthcommunity test/test_nthcommunity.py
+    python -m pylint nthcommunity test/test_nthcommunity.py
 
 Contributions
 -------------
@@ -182,3 +182,16 @@ In order to contribute to the source code, open an issue or submit a pull reques
 Versioning
 ----------
 Beginning with version 0.1.0, the version number format for this library and the changes to the library associated with version number increments conform with `Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 <https://semver.org/#semantic-versioning-200>`_.
+
+Publishing
+----------
+This library can be published as a `package on PyPI <https://pypi.org/project/nthcommunity/>`_ by a package maintainer. Install the `wheel <https://pypi.org/project/wheel/>`_ package, remove any old build/distribution files, and package the source into a distribution archive::
+
+    python -m pip install wheel
+    rm -rf dist *.egg-info
+    python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+
+Next, install the `twine <https://pypi.org/project/twine/>`_ package and upload the package distribution archive to PyPI::
+
+    python -m pip install twine
+    python -m twine upload dist/*

setup.cfg

@@ -1,6 +1,2 @@
-[nosetests]
-exe=True
-with-doctest=1
-with-coverage=1
-cover-package=nthcommunity
-tests=nthcommunity/nthcommunity.py,test/
+[tool:pytest]
+addopts = --doctest-modules --ignore=docs --cov=nthcommunity --cov-report term-missing

setup.py

@@ -25,6 +25,4 @@
                 "secure data collaboration platform.",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/x-rst",
-    test_suite="nose.collector",
-    tests_require=["nose"],
 )