Test & Code in Python

176: SaaS Side Projects

January 18th, 2022  |  26 mins 8 secs

saas, side projects

The idea of having a software as a service product sound great, doesn't it? This episode discusses some of the hurdles from idea to first customer.

175: Who Should Do QA?

January 12th, 2022  |  13 mins 6 secs

qa, software testing

Who should do QA? How does that change with different projects and teams? What does "doing QA" mean, anyway?
Answering these questions are the goals of this episode.

174: pseudo-TDD - Paul Ganssle

December 22nd, 2021  |  39 mins 24 secs

git, pytest, tdd

In this episode, I talk with Paul Ganssle about a fun workflow that he calls pseudo-TDD.
Pseudo-TDD is a way to keep your commit history clean and your tests passing with each commit.
This workflow includes using pytest xfail and some semi-advanced version control features.

173: Why NOT unittest?

December 17th, 2021  |  23 mins 30 secs

pytest, python, unittest, xunit

unittest is an xUnit style framework, which makes it fatally flawed for software testing.
This episode is my opinion of "Why NOT unittest?", or more broadly, "What are the fatal flaws of xUnit?"

172: Designing Better Software with a Prototype Mindset

November 30th, 2021  |  6 mins 53 secs

software design

A prototype is a a preliminary model of something, from which other forms are developed or copied.
This episode is about growing better designed software with the help of a prototype mindset.

171: How and why I use pytest's xfail - Paul Ganssle

November 22nd, 2021  |  38 mins 26 secs

pytest, xfail

Paul Ganssle, is a software developer at Google, core Python dev, and open source maintainer for many projects, has some thoughts about pytest's xfail.
He was an early skeptic of using xfail, and is now an proponent of the feature.
In this episode, we talk about some open source workflows that are possible because of xfail.

170: pytest for Data Science and Machine Learning - Prayson Daniel

November 17th, 2021  |  45 mins 12 secs

data science, machine learning, ml pipelines, pytest, software testing

Prayson Daniel, a principle data scientist, discusses testing machine learning pipelines with pytest

169: Service and Microservice Performance Monitoring - Omri Sass

November 11th, 2021  |  30 mins 14 secs

apm, microservices, performance monitoring, services

Performance monitoring and error detection is just as important with services and microservices as with any system, but with added complexity. Omri Sass joins the show to explain telemetry and monitoring of services and systems that use them.

168: Understanding Complex Code by Refactoring into Larger Functions

November 2nd, 2021  |  11 mins 19 secs

refactoring

To understand complex code, it can be helpful to remove abstractions, even if it results in larger functions. This episode walks through a process I use to refactor code that I need to debug and fix, but don't completely understand.

167: React, TypeScript, and the Joy of Testing - Paul Everitt

October 21st, 2021  |  36 mins 52 secs

javascript, react, tdd, typescript

Paul has a tutorial on testing and TDD with React and TypeScript.
We discuss workflow and the differences, similarities between testing with React/TypeScript and Python.

166: unittest expectedFailure and xfail

October 14th, 2021  |  6 mins 23 secs

expectedfailure, pytest, python, unittest, xfail

xfail isn't just for pytest tests. Python's unittest has @unittest.expectedFailure.

165: pytest xfail policy and workflow

October 7th, 2021  |  9 mins 44 secs

pytest, software testing, xfail

A discussion of how to use the xfail feature of pytest to help with communication on software projects.

164: Debugging Python Test Failures with pytest

September 14th, 2021  |  13 mins 17 secs

debugging, pytest, python, software testing

An overview of the pytest flags that help with debugging.

163: pip install ./local_directory - Stéphane Bidoul

August 20th, 2021  |  29 mins 39 secs

packaging, pip, python

pip : "pip installs packages" or maybe "Package Installer for Python"
pip is an invaluable tool when developing with Python.
You can use pip to install Python packages from pypi.org, or a different index, or a local directory.
The way pip installs from a local directory is about to change, and the story is fascinating.

162: Flavors of TDD

August 3rd, 2021  |  22 mins 44 secs

What flavor of TDD do you practice?
In this episode we talk about Classical vs Mockist TDD, Detroit vs London, Static vs Behavior, Inside Out, Outside In, Double Loop TDD, BDD, FDD, Tracer Bullets, Rules of TDD, Team Structure, Lean TDD and so much more.

161: Waste in Software Development

July 20th, 2021  |  18 mins 49 secs

agile, lean, value, waste

Software development processes create value, and have waste, in the Lean sense of the word waste.
Lean manufacturing and lean software development changed the way we look at value and waste.
This episode looks at lean definitions of waste, so we can see it clearly when we encounter it.