2: Pytest vs Unittest vs Nose
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...
View Article3: Why test?
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...
View Article4: Test Fixtures: Setup, Teardown, and so much more
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...
View Article5: Test Classes: No OO experience required
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...
View Article6: Writing software is like nothing else
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...
View Article7: The Waterfall Model and “Managing the Development of Large Software Systems”
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...
View Article8: Agile vs Agility : Agile Is Dead (Long Live Agility)
In today's podcast, I dodge the question of "What do you think of Agile?" by reading an essay from Dave ThomasSupport Test & Code - Python Testing & Development
View Article9: Harry Percival : Testing Web Apps with Python, Selenium, Django
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...
View Article10: Test Case Design using Given-When-Then from BDD
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...
View Article11: pytest assert magic
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...
View Article12: Coverage.py with Ned Batchelder
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...
View Article13: Ian Cordasco – Betamax
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...
View Article14: Continuous Integration with Travis CI – Josh Kalderimis
Interview with Josh Kalderimis from Travis CI. Josh is a co-founder and Chief Post-It Officer at Travis CI. Topics What is Continuous Integration, CI What is Travis CI Some history of the company...
View Article15: Lean Software Development
An introduction to Lean Software Development This is a quick intro to the concepts of Lean Software Development. I'm starting a journey of trying to figure out how to apply lean principles to software...
View Article16: Welcome to Test and Code
This is a small episode. I'm changing the name from the "Python Test Podcast" to "Test & Code". I just want to discuss the reasons behind this change, and take a peek at what's coming up in the...
View Article17: The Travis Foundation
The Travis Foundation. Interview with Laura Gaetano Links and things we talked about: Travis Foundation Open Source Grants The Foundation's support of Katrina Owen from exercism.io Exercism.io Rails...
View Article18: Testing in Startups and Hiring Software Engineers with Joe Stump
In this episode, I interview with Joe Stump, cofounder of Sprintly (https://sprint.ly), to give the startup perspective to development and testing. Joe has spent his career in startups. He's also been...
View Article19: Python unittest with Robert Collins
Interview with Robert Collins, current core maintainer of Python's unittest module. Some of the topics covered How did Robert become the maintainer of unittest? unittest2 as a rolling backport of...
View Article20: Talk Python To Me host Michael Kennedy
I talk with Michael about: Episodes of his show having to do with testing. His transition from employee to podcast host and online training entrepreneur. His Python training courses. The Pyramid Web...
View Article21: Terminology: test fixtures, subcutaneous testing, end to end testing,...
A listener requested that I start covering some terminology. I think it's a great idea. Covered in this episode: Test Fixtures Subcutaneous Testing End to End Testing (System Testing) I also discuss:...
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