

Test & Code
Brian Okken
The Python Test Podcast hosted by Brian Okken
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Oct 30, 2023 • 13min
208: Tests with no assert statements
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.

Sep 26, 2023 • 14min
207: pytest course, pytest-repeat and pytest-flakefinder
New course: "The Complete pytest Course"pytest-repeat, which I'm starting to contribute toGive `--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-repeatpytest-check is completely unrelated, but mentioned in the show

Aug 23, 2023 • 21min
206: TDD in Context
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.Links from the show:From XPTest FirstUnit TestsAcceptance TestsTest-Driven Development (wikipedia)

Aug 1, 2023 • 30min
205: pytest autouse fixtures
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 arewhat autouse fixtures aregreat reasons to use them

Jul 18, 2023 • 38min
204: Free Your Inner Nonfiction Writer - Johanna Rothman
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

Jul 17, 2023 • 44min
203: Open Source at Intel
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.

May 31, 2023 • 49min
202: Using Towncrier to Keep a Changelog - Hynek Schlawack
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 docsHow to Keep a Changelog in Markdown - Towncrier docsKeep a Changelogstructlog/CHANGELOG.md — Example of manually edited changelog.hatch-fancy-pypi-readmeMyST Markdown hatchling

May 25, 2023 • 34min
201: Avoid merge conflicts on your CHANGELOG with scriv - Ned Batchelder
Last week we talked about the importance of keeping a changelog. This week we talk with Ned Batchelder about scriv, a tool to help maintain that changelog.Scriv "is a command-line tool for helping developers maintain useful changelogs. It manages a directory of changelog fragments. It aggregates them into entries in a CHANGELOG file."Links:nedbat/scriv: Changelog management tool

May 19, 2023 • 47min
200: Keep a CHANGELOG
A changelog is a file which contains a curated, chronologically ordered list of notable changes for each version of a project. This episode is about what a changelog is, with an interview with Olivier Lacan, creator of keepachangelog.com. The next two episodes talk about some tools to help software project teams keep changelogs while avoiding merge conflicts. Special Guest: Olivier Lacan.Links:Shields.ioKeep a Changelog"The Changelog" Podcast interview with Olivier LacanAn Open Source Rage Diamond

May 4, 2023 • 51min
199: Is Azure Right for a Side Project? - Pamela Fox
For a web side project to go from "working on desktop" to "live in the cloud", one decision that needs to be made is where to host everything. One option is Microsoft Azure. Lots of corporate sites use it. Is it right for side projects? Pamela Fox, a Cloud Advocate for Python at Microsoft, joins the show to help us with that question.Links:Python Bytes Episode #323pamelafox gitHub projectsDeploy a Python (Django or Flask) web app to AzureHosting Python Web Apps on Azure: A Price-OffDeploying a containerized FastAPI app to Azure Container AppsGetting started with hosting Python apps on AzurePricing Calculator for AzureApp Service Pricing pamelafox/flask-db-quiz-exampleTutorial: Deploy a Python Django or Flask web app with PostgreSQLPamela Fox on Mastodon