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These past few days, I have recorded a few of these tutorials for an up-and-coming project. Aiming to release it in about 10-15 days.

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No difference yet, expect you have access to the source and future course updates.

Yeah, I’m happy to keep adding to the project. I’m just finishing up the first phase of a larger drf project and need to iterate over the orm course. I will ask the community for suggestions for features at some point.

Your understanding is correct, and there's a distinction between unit testing, integration testing, and functional testing. Unit Testing: In unit testing, the goal is to test a single unit of code in isolation. This means that you mock or fake external dependencies, such as databases, APIs, or external services. The purpose is to ensure that each unit of code functions as expected independently of other components. Integration Testing: Integration testing, on the other hand, focuses on the interactions between different units or components. In this type of testing, you might use real databases, APIs, or other external services to test how different parts of your system work together. Functional Testing: Functional testing goes a step further and tests the entire application's functionality, including user interfaces, databases, and external integrations. It aims to verify that the system behaves according to specifications and requirements. When it comes to Django it is common to perform unit testing using the built-in testing framework, and in these tests, it is typical to use Django's test database facilities to set up a test environment similar to the real one. However, you are correct that the emphasis is still on isolating the specific unit of code being tested. For more comprehensive testing that involves interactions between components, including databases, you would use integration or functional testing, and Django provides tools for those as well. In summary, the distinction between unit, integration, and functional testing is a general software testing principle. While Django's testing framework does allow for some integration testing facilities, it's essential to consider the testing strategy based on the type of testing you are aiming for in a given scenario.

I prefer using Pytest, simple as that. As with everything, there are adv and disadvantages between the different testing frameworks.