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Backend Testing

🚧 Coming Soon 🚧

Complete guide for testing Superset's Python backend, APIs, and database interactions.

Topics to be covered:

• Pytest configuration and fixtures
• Unit testing best practices
• Integration testing with databases
• API endpoint testing
• Mocking strategies and patterns
• Testing async operations with Celery
• Security testing guidelines
• Performance and load testing
• Test database setup and teardown
• Coverage requirements

Quick Commands

# Run all backend tests
pytest

# Run specific test file
pytest tests/unit_tests/specific_test.py

# Run with coverage
pytest --cov=superset

# Run tests in parallel
pytest -n auto

# Run only unit tests
pytest tests/unit_tests/

# Run only integration tests
pytest tests/integration_tests/

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This documentation is under active development. Check back soon for updates!