Setup and Teardown
Benefits of Test Fixtures
code reuse
cleanup of resources
errors vs failures
focusing your thinking on what you are testing and what you are not
scoping for efficiency
Brief look at pytest named fixtures
References
pytest fixtures series (http://pythontesting.net/framework/pytest/pytest-fixtures/)
pytest fixtures nuts & bolts (http://pythontesting.net/framework/pytest/pytest-fixtures-nuts-bolts/)
pytest session scoped fixtures (http://pythontesting.net/framework/pytest/pytest-session-scoped-fixtures/)
unittest fixtures (http://pythontesting.net/framework/unittest/unittest-fixtures/)
nose fixtures mentioned in introduction (http://pythontesting.net/framework/nose/nose-introduction/#fixtures)
nose fixture reference post (http://pythontesting.net/framework/nose/nose-fixture-reference/)
how to run a single class (http://pythontesting.net/framework/specify-test-unittest-nosetests-pytest/)