Naming Problems in Python

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In Zed Shaw's "Learn Python the Hard Way" tutorial 46, students are asked to create a tests/NAME_tests.py file. But I got / is not a valid character error in Aptana Studios and Notepad++. What am I doing wrong?

Here's the code that Zed asks to put into that file.

from nose.tools import *
import NAME

def setup():
    print "SETUP!"

def teardown():
    print "TEAR DOWN!"

def test_basic():
    print "I RAN!

If you are using Windows you might need to name it "tests\NAME_tests.py". — Nathan Villaescusa
– Nathan Villaescusa, Commented Oct 18, 2012 at 22:17
Just create a folder called tests and create a file called NAME_tests.py inside it. — Nathan Villaescusa
– Nathan Villaescusa, Commented Oct 18, 2012 at 22:21

Alexander · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-18 22:28:01Z

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tests/NAME_tests.py

It's to create a file named NAME_tests.py under a folder named tests.

UPDATE

An excerpt from Learn Python The Hard Way confirming the final structure:

setup.py
NAME/
    __init__.py
bin/
docs/
tests/
    NAME_tests.py
    __init__.py

edited Oct 18, 2012 at 22:28

answered Oct 18, 2012 at 22:21

Alexander

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geoelectric · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-11 18:36:12Z

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Since you cite errors from the editors, not in the code, it sounds like you might be trying to save a file literally called "tests/NAME_tests.py".

That only works if you already have a tests subdirectory in the current directory the file save dialog shows.

If you don't, create that first, navigate into it, then save the file as NAME_tests.py.

edited Jul 11, 2014 at 18:36

answered Oct 18, 2012 at 22:22

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