Test & Code : Python Testing

145: For Those About to Mock - Michael Foord

February 18th, 2021  |  48 mins 44 secs

mock, mocking, python, tdd, unittest

A discussion about mocking in Python with the original contributor of unittest.mock, Michael Foord.

144: TDD in Science - Martin Héroux

February 12th, 2021  |  53 mins 50 secs

scientific research, tdd, test driven development

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 with scientific research.

109: Testing in Financial Services - Eric Bergemann

April 14th, 2020  |  29 mins 34 secs

cd, ci, devops, financial services, tdd, testing

Financial services have their own unique testing development challenges. But they also have lots of the same challenges as many other software projects. Eric Bergemann from Paragon discusses testing, DevOps, CI, and lots of other great testing and development topics.

81: TDD with flit

July 17th, 2019  |  25 mins 20 secs

flit, git, pyproject.toml, python, submark, tdd

TDD is easier with dev tools, editor, and installs working together well.
This episode discusses editable installs with flit, a good TDD editor layout, test case grouping, batching tests to reduce context switch time, and even utilizing git tags.

79: Fixing misinformation about software testing

June 27th, 2019  |  22 mins 38 secs

misinformation, software testing, tdd

Some information about software testing is just wrong.
I'm not talking about opinions. I have lots of opinions and they differ from other peoples opinions. I'm talking about misinformation and old information that is no longer applicable.

78: I don't write tests because ...

June 19th, 2019  |  30 mins 41 secs

software testing, tdd

Roadblocks to writing tests, and what to do about it.

76: TDD: Don’t be afraid of Test-Driven Development - Chris May

May 29th, 2019  |  35 mins 29 secs

tdd, test driven development, testing

Test Driven Development, TDD, can be intimidating to try.
In this episode, Chris May shares his experience with adding testing and TDD to his work flow.
His story will help lots of people overcome testing anxiety.

75: Modern Testing Principles - Alan Page

May 23rd, 2019  |  40 mins

automation, qa, software development, software testing, tdd

Alan Page explains how the Modern Testing Principles reflect the how testing actually happens in a healthy way in modern software development teams.

68: test && commit || revert (TCR) - Thomas Deniffel

March 12th, 2019  |  38 mins 23 secs

software development, software testing, tcr, tdd, unit tests

TCR is an alternative workflow of TDD that Kent Beck has been writing about and discussing recently.
But what is it? What's it feel like to use? How do you do it?
In this interview, we talk with Thomas Deniffel about this, and about his experiences with it so far.

45: David Heinemeier Hansson - Software Development and Testing, TDD, and exploratory QA

August 13th, 2018  |  40 mins 32 secs

exploratory qa, software testing, tdd

An interview with DHH about his views on software testing, TDD, and exploratory testing.