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191: Running your own site for fun and absolutely no profit whatsoever - Brian Wisti Jul 01, 2022

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Having a personal site is a great playground for learning tons of skills. Brian Wisti discusses the benefits of running a his own blog over the years.

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Testing PyPy - Carl Friedrich Bolz-Tereick Jun 21, 2022

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PyPy is a fast, compliant alternative implementation of Python.
cPython is implemented in C.

PyPy is implemented in Python.
What does that mean?

And how do you test something as huge as an alternative implementation of Python?

Special Guest: Carl Friedrich Bolz-Tereick.

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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.

190: Testing PyPy - Carl Friedrich Bolz-Tereick Jun 21, 2022

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PyPy is a fast, compliant alternative implementation of Python.
cPython is implemented in C.

PyPy is implemented in Python.
What does that mean?

And how do you test something as huge as an alternative implementation of Python?

Special Guest: Carl Friedrich Bolz-Tereick.

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attrs and dataclasses - Hynek Schlawack Jun 07, 2022

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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.

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Special Guest: Hynek Schlawack.

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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.

189: attrs and dataclasses - Hynek Schlawack Jun 07, 2022

Show notes

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.

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Python's Rich, Textual, and Textualize - Innovating the CLI May 17, 2022

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Will McGugan has brought a lot of color to CLIs within Python due to Rich.
Then Textual started rethinking full command line applications, including layout with CSS.
And now Textualize, a new startup, is bringing CLI apps to the web.

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Special Guest: Will McGugan.

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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.

188: Python's Rich, Textual, and Textualize - Innovating the CLI May 17, 2022

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Teaching Web Development, including Front End Testing May 13, 2022

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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
the tree legged stool of learning and progressing as a developer: testing, version control, and documentation

Karl is also writing a book on WebRTC, so we jump into that a bit too.

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Special Guest: Karl Stolley.

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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.

187: Teaching Web Development, including Front End Testing May 13, 2022

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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
the tree legged stool of learning and progressing as a developer: testing, version control, and documentation

Karl is also writing a book on WebRTC, so we jump into that a bit too.

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Developer and Team Productivity May 12, 2022

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Being productive is obviously a good thing.
Can we measure it?
Should we measure it?
There's been failed attempts, like lines of code, etc. in the past.
Currently, there are new tools to measure productivity, like using git metrics.

Nick Hodges joins the show to discuss the good and the bad of developer and team productivity, including how we can improve productivity.

Special Guest: Nick Hodges.

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