Example for using a fixtures variable in a Django test case.

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class TestSignUp(TestCase):
        fixtures = ['core-fixtures.json',]

        def testShowSignUp(self):
                response = self.client.get('/sign-up/')
                self.assertContains(response, 'Sign Up', status_code=200)

        def testSignUpSubmit(self):
                self.assertEqual(0, len(User.objects.all()))
                response = self.client.post('/sign-up/', {'first_name': 'John', \
                        'last_name': 'Smith', 'email': 'jsmith@jmu.edu', \
                        'password': 'xyz'})
                self.assertContains(response, '/home/', status_code=200)
                self.assertEqual(1, len(User.objects.all()))

        def testSignUpNoFirstName(self):
                self.assertEqual(0, len(User.objects.all()))
                response = self.client.post('/sign-up/', {'first_name': '', \
                        'last_name': 'Smith', 'email': 'jsmith@jmu.edu', \
                        'password': 'xyz'})
                self.assertContains(response, msgs.FIRST_NAME_BLANK, status_code=200)
                self.assertEqual(0, len(User.objects.all()))

        def testSignUpNoLastName(self):
                self.assertEqual(0, len(User.objects.all()))
                response = self.client.post('/sign-up/', {'first_name': 'John', \
                        'last_name': '', 'email': 'jsmith@jmu.edu', \
                        'password': 'xyz'})
                self.assertContains(response, msgs.LAST_NAME_BLANK, status_code=200)
                self.assertEqual(0, len(User.objects.all()))