Test and Code
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A Python-specific podcast on how to test using the Python programming language. Many automation topics are also covered in Test and Code.
Test and Code
2w ago
Charlie Marsh and team are using Rust to make Python tooling faster.
Ruff can take the place of Flake8, isort, and Black, and so much more.
uv can take the place of pip, pip-tools, and virtualenv
Astral is Charlie's venture backed company, and what they have with `ruff` and `uv` is just the start.
Since uv is the newest tool, there's quite a bit of the discussion diving into uv.
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Test and Code
1M ago
Software engineers that move into leadership roles have a struggle between learning leadership skills, maintaining technical skills, and learning new leadership and technical skills.
Matt Makai went from individual contributor to developer relations to leadership in devrel.
We discuss how to stay technical, as well as dive into some results of his studies in how companies use developer relationship channels.
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Test and Code
1M ago
The Python for VS Code interface for testing, especially for pytest, has changed recently. On this episode we discuss the change with the software engineer working on the pytest changes, Eleanor Boyd, and the product manager, Courtney Webster.
Links from the episode:
Blog post announcing the rewrite
Code repo for questions, comments, issues etc
The Complete pytest Course
Level up your testing skills and save time during coding and maintenance.
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Test and Code
2M ago
If a test fails in a test suite, I'm going to want to re-run the test. I may even want to re-run a test, or a subset of the suite, a bunch of times.
There are a few pytest plugins that help with this:
pytest-repeat
pytest-rerunfailures
pytest-flakefinder
pytest-instafail
We talk about each of these in this episode.
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The Complete pytest Course
For the ..read more
Test and Code
2M ago
In 2002, Kent Beck released a book called "Test Driven Development by Example".
In December of 2023, Kent wrote an article called "Canon TDD".
With Kent's permission, this episode contains the full content of the article.
Brian's commentary is saved for a followup episode.
Links:
Canon TDD
Test Driven Development by Example
The Complete pytest Course
Level up your testing skills and save time during coding and maintenance.
Check out courses.pythontest.com ..read more
Test and Code
3M ago
We want to be able to run tests in a suite, and debug them in isolation, and have the behavior be the same.
If the behavior is different in isolation vs in a suite, it's a nightmare to debug.
In this episode, we'll talk about:
Causes of dependence
Testing for dependencies using plugins
Debugging test dependencies
Plugins discussed:
pytest-randomly
pytest-reverse
pytest-random-order
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Test and Code
4M ago
In Python, before dataclasses, we had attrs.
Before attrs, it wasn't pretty.
The story of attrs and dataclasses is actually intertwined.
They've built on each other.
And in the middle of it all, Hynek.
Hynek joins the show today to discuss some history of attrs and dataclasses, and some differences.
If you ever need to create a custom class in Python, you should listen to this episode.
Full Transcript
Special Guest: Hynek Schlawack.
Links:
attrs documentation
History of attrs and introduction to attrs namespace
cattrs: Complex custom class converters for attrs. — pyth ..read more
Test and Code
4M ago
When you are teaching someone web development skills, when is the right time to start teaching code quality and testing practices?
Karl Stolley believes it's never too early. Let's hear how he incorporates code quality in his courses.
Our discussion includes:
starting people off with good dev practices and tools
linting
html and css validation
visual regression testing
using local dev servers, including https
incorporating testing with git hooks
testing to aid in css optimization and refactoring
Backstop
Nightwatch
BrowserStack
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Test and Code
4M ago
Django has a handful of console commands to help manage and develop sites.
django-rich adds color and nice formatting. Super cool.
In a recent release, django-rich also adds nice colorized tracebacks to the Django test runner.
Links:
django-rich · PyPI
episode 181: Boost Your Django DX - Adam Johnson
django-crispy-forms
Python Developers Survey 2020 Results  ..read more
Test and Code
4M ago
Ryan Cheley joins me today to talk about some challenges of managing software teams, and how to handle them.
We end up talking about a lot of skills that are excellent for software engineers as well as managers.
Some topics discussed:
handling code reviews
asking good questions
being honest about what you can't do with current resources and data
discussing tradeoffs and offering solutions that can be completed faster than the ideal solution
balancing engineering and managing
making sure documentation happens
remote teams
encouraging collaboration
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