Test & Code: Python Software Testing & Engineering
Episode Archive
Episode Archive
95 episodes of Test & Code: Python Software Testing & Engineering since the first episode, which aired on August 20th, 2015.
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63: Python Corporate Training - Matt Harrison
January 31st, 2019 | 33 mins 34 secs
corporate training, data science, machine learning, python
Matt Harrison is an author and instructor of Python and Data Science. This episode focuses on his training company, MetaSnake, and corporate training.
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62: Python Training - Reuven Lerner
January 12th, 2019 | 28 mins 23 secs
Reuven Lerner teaches Python through onsite training, email courses, online courses, and writing for Linux Journal.
We talk about his training experience, as well as how incorporating testing into teaching can add a level of clarity to the interaction and help people during the learning process.
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A retrospective
December 31st, 2018 | 31 mins 11 secs
retrospective
A look back on 3 years of podcasting, and a bit of a look forward to what to expect in 2019.
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100 Days of Code - Julian Sequeira
December 28th, 2018 | 34 mins 33 secs
100daysofcode, learning python
Julian Sequeira is Co-Founder of PyBit.es (a blog/platform created to teach and learn Python) and a Python Trainer at Talk Python Training.
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Genesynth, nox, urllib3, & PyCascades - Thea Flowers
December 21st, 2018 | 31 mins 5 secs
hardware hacking, nox, pycascades, sega genesis, tox, urllib3
Interview with Thea Flowers, a Pythonista and open source advocate. We start the conversation talking about a custom synthesizer she's building from Sega Genesis chips. We also talk about nox, urllib3, and PyCascades.
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REST APIs, testing with Docker containers and pytest
December 13th, 2018 | 28 mins 9 secs
api, docker, fixtures, pytest, rest, web
Dima Spivak, Director of Engineering at StreamSets, explains how they use pytest and Docker containers to test their application through a REST API and some customizations.
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What is Data Science? - Vicki Boykis
December 10th, 2018 | 30 mins 47 secs
data engineering, data pipelines, data science, etl, machine learning, software engineering
Data science, data engineering, data analysis, and machine learning are part of the recent massive growth of Python.
But really what is data science?
Vicki Boykis works on projects in machine learning and data engineering across a variety of industries, and joins this episode to help us understand really what is data science.
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Being a Guest on a Podcast - Michael Kennedy
December 6th, 2018 | 37 mins 15 secs
guest, podcasting
Michael Kennedy of Talk Python and Python Bytes fame joins Brian to talk about being a great guest and what to expect.
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55: When 100% test coverage just isn't enough - Mahmoud Hashemi
December 3rd, 2018 | 34 mins 7 secs
awesome python applications, dsl software testing, python testing
What happens when 100% test code coverage just isn't enough.
In this episode, we talk with Mahmoud Hashemi about glom, a very cool project in itself, but a project that needs more coverage than 100%.
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54: Python 1994 - Paul Everitt
November 25th, 2018 | 29 mins 24 secs
python
Paul talks about the beginning years of Python.
Talking about Python's beginnings is also talking about the Python community beginnings.
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53: Seven Databases in Seven Weeks - Luc Perkins
November 18th, 2018 | 54 mins 46 secs
databases
A discussion with Luc Perkins, co-author of "Seven Databases in Seven Weeks, Second Edition:
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52: pyproject.toml : the future of Python packaging - Brett Cannon
November 5th, 2018 | 50 mins 51 secs
ci, flit, lock files, pipenv, poetry, pyproject.toml, python packaging, tox
Deep dive with Brett Cannon into changes in to Python packaging such as pyproject.toml, PEP 517, 518, and the implications of these changes.
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51: Feature Testing
October 30th, 2018 | 31 mins 35 secs
feature testing, software testing, testing pyramid
Andy Knight joins Brian Okken in discussing Feature Tests as opposed to Class Tests
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50: Flaky Tests and How to Deal with Them
October 25th, 2018 | 32 mins 20 secs
continuous integration, pytest, selenium, software testing, test design
Flaky tests, tests that sometimes fail and sometimes pass are a huge problem for teams maintaining large test suites. We discuss flakiness, what affects it has on the team, how to manage flaky suites, and how to fix and avoid flaky tests.
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49: tox - Oliver Bestwalter
October 15th, 2018 | 55 mins 41 secs
automation, testing, tox
tox is not just a tool to help you test a Python project against multiple versions of Python. In this interview, Oliver and Brian just scratch the surface of this simple yet powerful automation tool.
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48: A GUI for pytest
October 7th, 2018 | 12 mins 11 secs
developer efficiency, gui, pytest
The story of how I discovered the current best GUI to run pytest.