Begin porting tests.

test/sample_data.py

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+from datetime import datetime
+
+TEST_DATA = [
+    {
+        'date': datetime(2011, 01, 01),
+        'temperature': 1,
+        'place': 'Galway'
+    },
+    {
+        'date': datetime(2011, 01, 02),
+        'temperature': -1,
+        'place': 'Galway'
+    },
+    {
+        'date': datetime(2011, 01, 03),
+        'temperature': 0,
+        'place': 'Galway'
+    },
+    {
+        'date': datetime(2011, 01, 01),
+        'temperature': 6,
+        'place': 'Berkeley'
+    },
+    {
+        'date': datetime(2011, 01, 02),
+        'temperature': 8,
+        'place': 'Berkeley'
+    },
+    {
+        'date': datetime(2011, 01, 03),
+        'temperature': 5,
+        'place': 'Berkeley'
+    }
+]

test/test_persistence.py

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+import unittest
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from dataset import connect
+
+class DatabaseTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.db = connect('sqlite:///:memory:')
+
+    def test_create_table(self):
+        table = self.db['foo']
+        assert table.table.exists()
+        assert len(table.table.columns) == 1, table.table.columns
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
+