149: I don't test my code, "crappy Python" is all I write - Corey Quinn
Corey Quinn is the Chief Cloud Economist at The Duckbill Group. He's also a podcaster and writes a newsletter. And he also automates things with Python. But he doesn't write tests. Let's find out why....
31 Mar 202149min
148: Coverage.py and testing packages
How do you test installed packages using coverage.py? Also, a couple followups from last week's episode on using coverage for single file applications. Links:episode 147: Testing Single File Python Ap...
12 Mar 202113min
147: Testing Single File Python Applications/Scripts with pytest and coverage
Have you ever written a single file Python application or script? Have you written tests for it? Do you check code coverage?This is the topic of this weeks episode, spurred on by a listener question.T...
6 Mar 202111min
146: Automation Tools for Web App and API Development and Maintenance - Michael Kennedy
Building any software, including web apps and APIs requires testing. There's automated testing, and there's manual testing. In between that is exploratory testing aided by automation tools. Michael Ke...
28 Feb 202147min
145: For Those About to Mock - Michael Foord
A discussion about mocking in Python with the original contributor of unittest.mock, Michael Foord.Of course we discuss mocking and unittest.mock. We also discuss:testing philosophyunit testing and wh...
18 Feb 202148min
144: TDD in Science - Martin Héroux
Test Driven Development, TDD, is not easy to incorporate in your daily development. Martin and Brian discuss TDD and testing and Martin's experience with testing, TDD, and using it for code involved w...
13 Feb 202152min
143: pytest markers - Anthony Sottile
Completely nerding out about pytest markers with Anthony Sottile.Some of what we talk about:Running a subset of tests with markers.Using marker expressions with and, or, not, and parentheses.Keyword e...
7 Feb 202139min
142: MongoDB - Mark Smith
MongoDB is possibly the most recognizable NoSQL document database. Mark Smith, a developer advocate for MongoDB, answers my many questions about MongoDB. We cover some basics, but also discuss some ad...
25 Jan 202134min
