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4Development Tools
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7The modules described in this chapter help you write software. For example, the
8:mod:`pydoc` module takes a module and generates documentation based on the
9module's contents. The :mod:`doctest` and :mod:`unittest` modules contains
10frameworks for writing unit tests that automatically exercise code and verify
Benjamin Petersond6313712008-07-31 16:23:04 +000011that the expected output is produced. :program:`2to3` can translate Python 2.x
12source code into valid Python 3.x code.
Georg Brandl116aa622007-08-15 14:28:22 +000013
14The list of modules described in this chapter is:
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19 pydoc.rst
20 doctest.rst
21 unittest.rst
Michael Foord944e02d2012-03-25 23:12:55 +010022 unittest.mock.rst
Michael Foord944e02d2012-03-25 23:12:55 +010023 unittest.mock-examples.rst
Benjamin Petersond6313712008-07-31 16:23:04 +000024 2to3.rst
Georg Brandl116aa622007-08-15 14:28:22 +000025 test.rst