Conditionally skipping tests

Author: Siddharta Govindaraj

stock_alerter/tests/test_stock.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import sys
 import unittest
 import collections
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ def setUp(self):
     def test_price_of_a_new_stock_class_should_be_None(self):
         self.assertIsNone(self.goog.price)
 
-    @unittest.skip("skip this test for now")
+    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform.startswith("win"), "skip on windows")
     def test_stock_update(self):
         """An update should set the price on the stock object
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ def test_stock_update(self):
         self.goog.update(datetime(2014, 2, 12), price=10)
         self.assertEqual(10, self.goog.price)
 
+    @unittest.skipUnless(sys.platform.startswith("win"), "only run on windows")
     def test_negative_price_should_throw_ValueError(self):
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
             self.goog.update(datetime(2014, 2, 13), -1)