Base functions for testing views

lostplaces/lostplaces_app/tests/views/__init__.py

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+from django.test import Client
+
+class ViewTestCase:
+    view = None
+    
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.view_name = self.view.__name__
+        self. client = Client()
+    
+    def _test_has_context_key(self, response, context_key):
+        self.assertTrue( context_key in response.context,
+            msg='Expecting the context of %s to have an attribute \'%s\'' % (
+                self.view_name,
+                context_key
+            )
+        )
+        
+    def _test_form(self, response, context_key, form_class):
+        self._test_has_context_key(response, context_key)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            type(response.context[context_key]),
+            form_class,
+            msg='Expecting %s\'s context.%s to be of the type %s' % (
+                self.view_name,
+                context_key,
+                form_class.__name__
+            ) 
+        )