Introduction to unit testing

Open to
Government analysts
Training category
Analytical
Type of training
Online
Length
4 hours
Organiser
Data Science Campus Faculty
Provider
Data Science Campus Faculty
Location
Online

This course will give you an understanding of unit testing, which is the practice of designing, creating and running tests for your code in both R and Python.

Unit testing is an important process that will help you guarantee the quality of your code and increase efficiency in development. Unit tests are an important component in reproducible code and can be used by analysts, data scientists, and software developers.

Learning outcomes

On this course you will:

  • learn about software development theory and good practice
  • learn how to run unit tests in both R and Python
  • gain experience applying unit testing to problems

How to book

Please use your Learning Hub account to enrol on this course.

If you do not have a Learning Hub account, please contact Data.Science.Campus.Faculty@ons.gov.uk.

Contact

If you would like more information about this course, please email Data.Science.Campus.Faculty@ons.gov.uk. 

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