Test & Code

Testing apps that use requests without using mock. Interview with Ian Cordasco ( @sigmavirus24 ) Topics: Betamax - python library for replaying requests interactions for use in testing. requests github3.py Pycon 2015 talk: Ian Cordasco - Cutting Off the Internet: Testing Applications that Use Requests - PyCon 2015 Pytest and using Betamax with pytest fixtures The utility (or uselessness) of teachi...

In this episode I interview Ned Batchelder. I know that coverage.py is very important to a lot of people to understand how much of their code is being covered by their test suites. Since I'm far from an expert on coverage, I asked Ned to discuss it on the show. I'm also quite a fan of Ned's 2014 PyCon talk "Getting Started Testing", so I definitely asked him about that. We also discuss edX, Python...

How pytest, unittest, and nose deal with assertions. The job of the test framework to tell developers how and why their tests failed is a difficult job. In this episode I talk about assert helper functions and the 3 methods pytest uses to get around having users need to use assert helper functions.

Given-When-Then is borrowed from BDD and is my favorite structure for test case design. It doesn’t matter if you are using pytest, unittest, nose, or something completely different, this episode will help you write better tests. The Given-When-Then structure for test method/function development. How and why to utilize fixtures for your given or precondition code. Similarities with other structure...

Intro to Harry Percival, his background and story of how he got into TDD and ended up writing a book Comparing using unittest and pytest with applicability to testing django projects.  Functional end to end testing with selenium. The django test client for middle level tests. test isolation django and isolated unit tests unit tests vs integration tests Testing done by the development team without...

In today's podcast, I dodge the question of "What do you think of Agile?" by reading an essay from Dave Thomas

The waterfall model has been used and modified and changed and rebelled against since before I started programming. Waterfall such an important character in the story of software development that we should get to know it a better.

My experience with writing software comes from my experience: where I grew up, what eras I lived through, what my economical and geographical experiences have been, when I learned to code, and what projects I've worked on.

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 pytest fixtures nuts & bolts pytest session scoped fixtures unittest fixtures nose fixtures mentioned in introduction nose fixture referenc...

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 pytest fixtures nuts & bolts pytest session scoped fixtures unittest fixtures nose fixtures mentioned in introduction nose fixture referenc...

Answering a listener question. Why testing? What are the benefits? Why automated testing over manual testing? Why test first? Why do automated testing during development? Why test to the user level API? After describing my ideal test strategy and project, I list: Business related, practical benefits of testing Personal reasons to embrace testing Pragmatic, day to day, developer benefits of testing

I list my requirements for a framework and discuss how Pytest, Unittest, and Nose measure up to those requirements. Mentioned: pytest unittest nose delayed assert pytest-expect doctest I did the audio processing differently for this episode. Please let me know how it sounds, if there are any problems, etc.