Separates the configuration of settings into its function.

testrunner.py

@@ -1,36 +1,34 @@
 import os
 import sys
-
-from django.conf import settings
-
 import django
+from django.conf import settings
 
-def runtests():
-    test_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-    sys.path.insert(0, test_dir)
+def configure_settings():
+    """Configure Django settings for the test environment."""
+    base_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+    sys.path.insert(0, base_dir)
 
     settings.configure(
         DEBUG=True,
-        DATABASES={
-            'default': {
-                'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-            }
-        },
-        INSTALLED_APPS=('django.contrib.auth',
-                        'django.contrib.contenttypes',
-                        'django.contrib.sessions',
-                        'django.contrib.admin',
-                        'django.contrib.messages',
-                        'experiments',),
+        DATABASES={'default': {'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3'}},
+        INSTALLED_APPS=(
+            'django.contrib.auth',
+            'django.contrib.contenttypes',
+            'django.contrib.sessions',
+            'django.contrib.admin',
+            'django.contrib.messages',
+            'experiments',  # Your app to test
+        ),
         ROOT_URLCONF='experiments.tests.urls',
-        MIDDLEWARE = (
+        MIDDLEWARE=(
             'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+            'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
             'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
             'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
-            'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware'
+            'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
         ),
         SECRET_KEY="foobarbaz",
-        TEMPLATES = [
+        TEMPLATES=[
             {
                 'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
                 'DIRS': [],
@@ -44,15 +42,16 @@ def runtests():
             },
         ],
     )
-    django.setup()
-
 
+def run_tests():
+    """Run the Django tests for the specified apps."""
+    django.setup()  # Initialize Django
     from django.test.utils import get_runner
     TestRunner = get_runner(settings)
     test_runner = TestRunner(verbosity=1, failfast=False)
-    failures = test_runner.run_tests(['experiments', ])
+    failures = test_runner.run_tests(['experiments'])  # Specify your app names here
     sys.exit(bool(failures))
 
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    runtests()
+    configure_settings()
+    run_tests()