Test & Code

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208: Tests with no assert statements Oct 29, 2023

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Why on earth would you want to write a test with no assert statements?
After all, aren't assert statements how you decide wether a test passes or fails?

In this episode, we walk through a handful of useful examples of test code without asserts.
We also talk about how these types of tests are a great way to dip your toe into testing.

207: pytest course, pytest-repeat and pytest-flakefinder Sep 25, 2023

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New course: "The Complete pytest Course"
pytest-repeat, which I'm starting to contribute to
- Give `--repeat-scope` a try. You can use it to change from repeating every test to repeating the session, module, or class.
pytest-flakefinder, which is an alternative to pytest-repeat
pytest-check is completely unrelated, but mentioned in the show

206: TDD in Context Aug 23, 2023

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TDD (Test Driven Development) started from Test First Programming, and has been around at least since the 90's.

However, software tools and available CI systems have changed quite a bit since then.
Maybe it's time to re-examine the assumptions, practices, processes, and principles of TDD.
At least in the context of my software engineering career, modifications to TDD, at least the version of TDD as it's frequently taught, have been necessary.

This is the start of a series focused on examining TDD and related lightweight practices and processes.

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205: pytest autouse fixtures Jul 31, 2023

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On a recent episode of PythonBytes, I suggested it's hard to come up with good examples for pytest autouse fixtures, as there aren't very many good reasons to use them. James Falcon was kind enough to reach out and correct me.

In this episode, we describe:

what fixtures are
what autouse fixtures are
great reasons to use them

Free Your Inner Nonfiction Writer Jul 18, 2023

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Learn how to write nonfiction fast and well.
Johanna Rothman joins the show to discuss writing nonfiction.

Johanna's book: Free Your Inner Nonfiction Writer

If you like Test & Code, I think you'll also like Python People

Python People is a new podcast about getting to know the people who make Python and our community awesome.
Be sure to check out pythonpeople.fm.

204: Free Your Inner Nonfiction Writer - Johanna Rothman Jul 18, 2023

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Learn how to write nonfiction fast and well.
Johanna Rothman joins the show to discuss writing nonfiction.

Johanna's book: Free Your Inner Nonfiction Writer

Open Source at Intel Jul 17, 2023

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Open Source is important to Intel and has been for a very long time.

Joe Curley, vice president and general manager of software products and ecosystem, and Arun Gupta, vice president and general manager for open ecosystems, join the show to discuss open source, OneAPI, and open ecosystems at Intel.

If you like Test & Code, I think you'll also like Python People

Python People is a new podcast about getting to know the people who make Python and our community awesome.
Be sure to check out pythonpeople.fm.

203: Open Source at Intel Jul 17, 2023

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Open Source is important to Intel and has been for a very long time.

Using Towncrier to Keep a Changelog May 31, 2023

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Hynek joins the show to discuss towncrier.

At the top of the towncrier documentation, it says "towncrier is a utility to produce useful, summarized news files (also known as changelogs) for your project."

Towncrier is used by "Twisted, pytest, pip, BuildBot, and attrs, among others."

This is the last of 3 episodes focused on keeping a CHANGELOG.

Episode 200 kicked off the series with keepachangelog.com and Olivier Lacan
In 201 we had Ned Batchelder discussing scriv.

Special Guest: Hynek Schlawack.

Links:

Towncrier docs
How to Keep a Changelog in Markdown - Towncrier docs
Keep a Changelog
structlog/CHANGELOG.md — Example of manually edited changelog.
hatch-fancy-pypi-readme
MyST Markdown
hatchling

If you like Test & Code, I think you'll also like Python People

Python People is a new podcast about getting to know the people who make Python and our community awesome.
Be sure to check out pythonpeople.fm.

202: Using Towncrier to Keep a Changelog - Hynek Schlawack May 31, 2023

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Hynek joins the show to discuss towncrier.

At the top of the towncrier documentation, it says "towncrier is a utility to produce useful, summarized news files (also known as changelogs) for your project."

Towncrier is used by "Twisted, pytest, pip, BuildBot, and attrs, among others."

This is the last of 3 episodes focused on keeping a CHANGELOG.

Episode 200 kicked off the series with keepachangelog.com and Olivier Lacan
In 201 we had Ned Batchelder discussing scriv.

Special Guest: Hynek Schlawack.

Links: