238 - So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
A farewell to a fun 10 years.Also, I should have tested it better. )In the audio I got the numbers wrong. Doh!This is...
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237 - FastAPI Cloud - Sebastián Ramírez
In this episode, Brian interviews Sebastián Ramírez, creator of FastAPI, about its rapid rise in developer popularity...
30 min read
236 - Git Tips for Testing - Adam Johnson
In this episode, host Brian Okken and guest Adam Johnson explore essential Git features, highlighted by Adam's updated...
16 min read
235 - pytest-django - Adam Johnson
In this episode, special guest Adam Johnson joins the show and examines pytest-django, a popular plugin among Django...
15 min read
234 - pytest-metadata - provides access to test session metadata
pytest-metadata is described as a plugin for pytest that provides access to test session metadata. That is such a...
5 min read
233 - pytest-check - allow multiple failures per test
pytest-check is a pytest plugin that allows multiple failures per test.Normally, a test function will fail and stop...
1 min read
232 - The role of AI in software testing - Anthony Shaw
AI is helping people write code. Tests are one of those things that some people don't like to write. Can AI play a role...
46 min read
231 - pytest-repeat - works fine on Python 3.14
pytest-repeat is a pytest plugin that makes it easy to repeat a single test, or multiple tests, a specific number of...
6 min read
230 - Python 3.14 won't repeat with pytest-repeat
pytest-repeat is a pytest plugin that makes it easy to repeat a single test, or multiple tests, a specific number of...
3 min read
229 - pytest-html - a plugin that generates HTML reports for test results
pytest-html has got to be one of my all time favorite plugins. pytest-html is a plugin for pytest that generates a HTML...
5 min read
228 - pytest-md and pytest-md-report - Markdown reports for pytest
Markdown reports as either text or markdown tables.Two fun plugins discussed.Linkspytest-md-reportpytest-mdTop pytest...
8 min read
227 - Mocking in Python with unittest.mock - Michael Foord
This episode is a replay of a 2021 interview I did with Michael Foord.We lost Michael in January, and I'd like to...
41 min read
225 - pytest-cov - The pytest plugin for measuring coverage
pytest-cov is a pytest plugin that helps produce coverage reports using Coverage.py.In this episode, we'll discusswhat...
10 min read
224 - pytest plugins - a full series
This episode kicks off a series on pytest plugins.In this episodeIntroduction to pytest pluginsThe pytest.org pytest...
9 min read
223 - Writing Stuff Down is a Super Power
Taking notes well can help to listen better, remember things, show respect, be more accountable, free up mind space to...
19 min read
222 - Import within a Python package
In this episode we're talking about importing part of a package into another part of the same package.We'll look at...
9 min read
221 - How to get pytest to import your code under test
We've got some code we want to test, and some tests.The tests need to be able to import the code under test, or at...
6 min read
220 - Getting the most out of PyCon, including juggling - Rob Ludwick
PyCon US is just around the corner. I've asked Rob Ludwick to come on the show to discuss how to get the most out of...
31 min read
219 - Building Django Apps & SaaS Pegasus - Cory Zue
I'm starting a SaaS project using Django, and there are tons of decisions right out of the gate. To help me navigate...
39 min read
218 - Balancing test coverage with test costs - Nicole Tietz-Sokolskaya
Nicole is a software engineer and writer, and recently wrote about the trade-offs we make when deciding which tests to...
23 min read
217 - Podcasting / SaaS / Work Life Balance - Justin Jackson
If you've ever thought about starting a podcast or a SaaS project, you'll want to listen to this episode. Justin is one...
44 min read
216 - ruff, uv, and Astral - Python tooling, much faster, with Rust
Charlie Marsh and team are using Rust to make Python tooling faster.Ruff can take the place of Flake8, isort, and...
41 min read
215 - Staying Technical as a Manager
Software engineers that move into leadership roles have a struggle between learning leadership skills, maintaining...
36 min read
214 - Python Testing in VS Code
If you haven't tried running automated tests, especially with pytest, in VS Code recently, you should take another...
32 min read
213 - Repeating Tests
If a test fails in a test suite, I'm going to want to re-run the test. I may even want to re-run a test, or a subset of...
12 min read
212 - Canon TDD - by Kent Beck
In 2002, Kent Beck released a book called "Test Driven Development by Example".In December of 2023, Kent wrote an...
6 min read
211 - Stamp out test dependencies with pytest plugins
We want to be able to run tests in a suite, and debug them in isolation, and have the behavior be the same. If the...
15 min read
210 - TDD - Refactor while green
Test Driven Development. Red, Green, Refactor. Do we have to do the refactor part? Does the refactor at the end include...
13 min read
209 - Testing argparse Applications
How do you test the argument parsing bit of an application that uses argparse?This episode coversDesign for Test...
13 min read
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...
10 min read
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....
10 min read
206 - TDD in Context
TDD (Test Driven Development) started from Test First Programming, and has been around at least since the 90's....
17 min read
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...
26 min read
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...
27 min read
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...
36 min read
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...
36 min read
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...
29 min read
200 - Keep a CHANGELOG
A changelog is a file which contains a curated, chronologically ordered list of notable changes for each version of a...
39 min read
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...
42 min read
198 - Testing Django Web Applications - Carlton Gibson, Will Vincent
Django has some built in ways to test your application. There's also pytest-django and other plugins that help with...
58 min read
197 - Python project trove classifiers - Do you need this bit of pyproject.toml metadata? - Brett Cannon
Classifiers are one bit of Python project metadata that predates PyPI. Classifiers are weird. They were around in...
1 min read
196 - I am not a supplier - Thomas Depierre
Should we think of open source components the same way we think of physical parts for manufactured goods? There are...
1 min read
195 - What would you change about pytest? - Anthony Sottile
Anthony Sottile and Brian discuss changes that would be cool for pytest, even unrealistic changes. These are changes...
1 min read
193 - The Good Research Code Handbook - Patrick Mineault
I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say that software is part of most scientific research now. From astronomy,...
1 min read
192 - Learn to code through game development with PursuedPyBear - Piper Thunstrom
The first game I remember coding, or at least copying from a magazine, was in Basic. It was Lunar Lander. Learning to...
1 min read
191 - Running your own site for fun and absolutely no profit whatsoever - Brian Wisti
Having a personal site is a great playground for learning tons of skills. Brian Wisti discusses the benefits of running...
1 min read
190 - Testing PyPy - Carl Friedrich Bolz-Tereick
PyPy is a fast, compliant alternative implementation of Python. cPython is implemented in C. PyPy is implemented in...
1 min read
189 - attrs and dataclasses - Hynek Schlawack
In Python, before dataclasses, we had attrs. Before attrs, it wasn't pretty.The story of attrs and dataclasses is...
1 min read
188 - Python's Rich, Textual, and Textualize - Innovating the CLI
Will McGugan has brought a lot of color to CLIs within Python due to Rich. Then Textual started rethinking full command...
1 min read
187 - Teaching Web Development, including Front End Testing
When you are teaching someone web development skills, when is the right time to start teaching code quality and testing...
1 min read
186 - Developer and Team Productivity
Being productive is obviously a good thing. Can we measure it? Should we measure it? There's been failed attempts, like...
37 min read
185 - Python + Django + Rich + Testing == Awesome
Django has a handful of console commands to help manage and develop sites. django-rich adds color and nice formatting....
1 min read
184 - Twisted and Testing Event Driven / Asynchronous Applications - Glyph
Twisted has been supporting asynchronous / event driven applications way before asyncio. Twisted, and Glyph, have also...
1 min read
183 - Managing Software Teams - Ryan Cheley
Ryan Cheley joins me today to talk about some challenges of managing software teams, and how to handle them. We end up...
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182 - An Unorthodox Technical Interview and Hiring Process - Nathan Aschbacher
Don't you just love technical interviews, with someone who just saw your resume or CV 5 minutes ago asking you to write...
2 min read
181 - Boost Your Django DX - Adam Johnson
We talk with Adam Johnson about his new book, "Boost Your Django DX". Developer experience includes tools and practices...
1 min read
180 - Lean TDD
Lean TDD is an attempt to reconcile some conflicting aspects of Test Driven Development and Lean Software...
2 min read
179 - Exploratory Testing
Exploratory testing is absolutely an essential part of a testing strategy. This episode discusses what exploratory...
1 min read
178 - The Five Factors of Automated Software Testing
There are five practical reasons that we write tests. Whether we realize it or not, our personal testing philosophy is...
1 min read
177 - Unit Test vs Integration Test and The Testing Trophy
A recent Twitter thread by Simon Willison reminded me that I've been meaning to do an episode on the testing trophy....
1 min read
176 - SaaS Side Projects - Brandon Braner
The idea of having a software as a service product sound great, doesn't it? Solve a problem with software. Have a nice...
1 min read
175 - Who Should Do QA?
Who should do QA?How does that change with different projects and teams?What does "doing QA" mean, anyway?Answering...
1 min read
174 - pseudo-TDD - Paul Ganssle
In this episode, I talk with Paul Ganssle about a fun workflow that he calls pseudo-TDD. Pseudo-TDD is a way to keep...
1 min read
173 - Why NOT unittest?
In the preface of "Python Testing with pytest" I list some reasons to use pytest, under a section called "why pytest?"....
1 min read
172 - Designing Better Software with a Prototype Mindset
A prototype is a a preliminary model of something, from which other forms are developed or copied. In software, we...
1 min read
171 - How and why I use pytest's xfail - Paul Ganssle
Paul Ganssle, is a software developer at Google, core Python dev, and open source maintainer for many projects, has...
1 min read
170 - pytest for Data Science and Machine Learning - Prayson Daniel
Prayson Daniel, a principle data scientist, discusses testing machine learning pipelines with pytest.Prayson is using...
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169 - Service and Microservice Performance Monitoring - Omri Sass
Performance monitoring and error detection is just as important with services and microservices as with any system, but...
1 min read
168 - Understanding Complex Code by Refactoring into Larger Functions
To understand complex code, it can be helpful to remove abstractions, even if it results in larger functions. This...
1 min read
167 - React, TypeScript, and the Joy of Testing - Paul Everitt
Paul has a tutorial on testing and TDD with React and TypeScript. We discuss workflow and the differences, similarities...
1 min read
166 - unittest expectedFailure and xfail
xfail isn't just for pytest tests. Python's unittest has @unittest.expectedFailure.In this episode, we coverusing...
1 min read
165 - pytest xfail policy and workflow
A discussion of how to use the xfail feature of pytest to help with communication on software projects.The episode...
1 min read
164 - Debugging Python Test Failures with pytest
An overview of the pytest flags that help with debugging. From Chapter 13, Debugging Test Failures, of Python Testing...
2 min read
163 - pip install ./local_directory - Stéphane Bidoul
pip "pip installs packages" or maybe "Package Installer for Python" pip is an invaluable tool when developing with...
1 min read
162 - Flavors of TDD
What flavor of TDD do you practice? In this episode we talk aboutClassical vs Mockist TDDDetroit vs London (I actually...
1 min read
161 - Waste in Software Development
Software development processes create value, and have waste, in the Lean sense of the word waste. Lean manufacturing...
1 min read
160 - DRY, WET, DAMP, AHA, and removing duplication from production code and test code
Should your code be DRY or DAMP or something completely different? How about your test code? Do different rules apply?...
1 min read
159 - Python, pandas, and Twitter Analytics - Matt Harrison
When learning data science and machine learning techniques, you need to work on a data set. Matt Harrison had a great...
1 min read
158 - TDD in Swift - Gio Lodi
Iterative processes that include writing test code and production code together, such as TDD, help make coding fun. All...
1 min read
157 - pre-commit - Anthony Sottile
pre-commit started as a framework for running linters and code formatters during git actions via git hooks. It's grown...
1 min read
156 - Flake8 - Python linting framework with Pyflakes, pycodestyle, McCabe, and more - Anthony Sottile
Flake8 is a command-line tool for linting Python projects. By default, it includes lint checks provided Pyflakes,...
1 min read
155 - Four Questions to Ask Frequently During Software Projects - Tim Ottinger
Tim Ottinger has four questions that work great in many situations, from doing homework, to cooking, to writing code,...
1 min read
154 - Don't Mock your Database - Jeff Triplett
You need tests for your web app. And it has a database. What do you do with the database during testing? Should you use...
1 min read
153 - Playwright for Python - end to end testing of web apps - Ryan Howard
Playwright is an end to end automated testing framework for web apps with Python support and even a pytest...
1 min read
152 - Python Packaging - Brett Cannon
I always learn a lot when I talk to Brett, and this episode is no exception. We talk about the packaging workflow,...
1 min read
151 - Python Adventure - Brandon Rhodes
Adventure, or Colossal Cave Adventure, was written between 1975 and 1977 in Fortran. Brandon Rhodes ported it to Python...
2 min read
150 - A Practical Testing Strategy
Coming up with a testing strategy doesn't have to be stressful. Prioritizing features to test, and generating test...
1 min read
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...
1 min read
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...
1 min read
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...
1 min read
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...
1 min read
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...
42 min read
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...
1 min read
143 - pytest markers - Anthony Sottile
Completely nerding out about pytest markers with Anthony Sottile.Some of what we talk aboutRunning a subset of tests...
1 min read
142 - MongoDB - Mark Smith
MongoDB is possibly the most recognizable NoSQL document database. Mark Smith, a developer advocate for MongoDB,...
1 min read
141 - Visual Testing - Angie Jones
Visual Testing has come a long way from the early days of x,y mouse clicks and pixel comparisons. Angie Jones joins the...
1 min read
140 - Testing in Scientific Research and Academia - Martin Héroux
Scientists learn programming as they need it. Some of them learn it in college, but even if they do, that's not their...
1 min read
139 - Test Automation - Shifting Testing Throughout the Software Lifecycle - Nalin Parbhu
Talking with Nalin Parbhu about the software evolution towards more test automation and the creation of Infuse and...
1 min read
138 - Mutation Testing in Python with mutmut - Anders Hovmöller
Your test suite tells you about the quality of your code under test. Mutation testing is a way to tell you about the...
1 min read
137 - Become an Author - Matt Harrison interviews Brian Okken
Matt Harrison, author of many Python books, is putting together a course, Effective Book Authoring, to help other...
1 min read
136 - Wearable Technology - Sophy Wong
Wearable technology is not just smart consumer devices like watches and activity trackers. Wearable tech also includes...
2 min read
135 - Speeding up Django Test Suites - Adam Johnson
All test suites start fast. But as you grow your set of tests, each test adds a little bit of time to the suite. What...
1 min read
134 - Business Outcomes and Software Development - Benjamin Harding
Within software projects, there are lots of metrics we could measure. But which ones really matter. Instead of a list,...
1 min read
133 - Major League Hacking - Jon Gottfried
Hackathons have been spreading around the world; many at university campuses. Major League Hacking, MLH, has been...
1 min read
132 - mocking in Python - Anna-Lena Popkes
Using mock objects during testing in Python.Anna-Lena joins the podcast to teach us about mocks and using unittest.mock...
1 min read
131 - Test Smarter, Not Harder
Some people avoid writing tests. Some drudge through it painfully. There is a better way. In this episode, I'm going to...
1 min read
130 - virtualenv activation prompt consistency across shells - an open source dev and test adventure - Brian Skinn
virtualenv supports six shells bash, csh, fish, xonsh, cmd, posh. Each handles prompts slightly differently. Although...
2 min read
129 - How to Test Anything - David Lord
I asked people on twitter to fill in "How do I test _____?" to find out what people want to know how to test. Lots of...
2 min read
128 - pytest-randomly - Adam Johnson
Software tests should be order independent. That means you should be able to run them in any order or run them in...
1 min read
127 - WFH, WTF? - Tips and Tricks for Working From Home - Reuven Lerner & Julian Sequeira
Many people have been working from home now that are not used to working from home. Or at least are working from home...
1 min read
126 - Data Science and Software Engineering Practices ( and Fizz Buzz ) - Joel Grus
Researches and others using data science and software need to follow solid software engineering practices. This is a...
1 min read
125 - pytest 6 - Anthony Sottile
pytest 6 is out. Specifically, 6.0.1, as of July 31. And there's lots to be excited about. Anthony Sottile joins the...
2 min read
124 - pip dependency resolver changes
pip is the package installer for Python. Often, when you run pip, especially the first time in a new virtual...
2 min read
123 - GitHub Actions - Tania Allard
Lots of Python projects are starting to use GitHub Actions for Continous Integration & Deployment (CI/CD), as well as...
1 min read
122 - Better Resumes for Software Engineers - Randall Kanna
A great resume is key to landing a great software job. There's no surprise there. But so many people make mistakes on...
1 min read
121 - Industrial 3D Printing & Python, Finite State Machines, and Simulating Hardware - Len Wanger
Len Wanger works on industrial 3D printers. And I was pleased to find out that there's a bunch of Python in those...
1 min read
120 - FastAPI & Typer - Sebastián Ramírez
FastAPI is a modern, fast (high-performance), web framework for building APIs with Python based on standard Python type...
1 min read
119 - Editable Python Installs, Packaging Standardization, and pyproject.toml - Brett Cannon
There's stuff going on in Python packaging and pyproject.toml.Brett and I talk about some upcoming work on Python...
1 min read
118 - Code Coverage and 100% Coverage
Code Coverage or Test Coverage is a way to measure what lines of code and branches in your code that are utilized...
1 min read
117 - Python extension for VS Code - Brett Cannon
The Python extension for VS Code is most downloaded extension for VS Code. Brett Cannon is the manager for the...
1 min read
116 - 15 amazing pytest plugins - Michael Kennedy
pytest plugins are an amazing way to supercharge your test suites, leveraging great solutions from people solving test...
2 min read
115 - Catching up with Nina Zakharenko
One of the great things about attending in person coding conferences, such as PyCon, is the hallway track, where you...
2 min read
114 - The Python Software Foundation (PSF) Board Elections - Ewa Jodlowska / Christopher Neugebauer
The mission of the Python Software Foundation is to promote, protect, and advance the Python programming language, and...
1 min read
113 - Technical Debt - James Smith
Technical debt has to be dealt with on a regular basis to have a healthy product and development team.The impacts of...
1 min read
112 - Six Principles of Readable Tests - David Seddon
Code is read much more often than it is written. - Guido van Rossum. This is true for both production code and test...
1 min read
111 - Subtests in Python with unittest and pytest - Paul Ganssle
In both unittest and pytest, when a test function hits a failing assert, the test stops and is marked as a failed test....
1 min read
110 - Testing Django - from unittest to pytest - Adam Parkin
Django supports testing out of the box with some cool extensions to unittest. However, many people are using pytest for...
1 min read
109 - Testing in Financial Services - Eric Bergemann
Financial services have their own unique testing development challenges. But they also have lots of the same challenges...
1 min read
108 - PySpark - Jonathan Rioux
Apache Spark is a unified analytics engine for large-scale data processing. PySpark blends the powerful Spark big data...
1 min read
107 - Property Based Testing in Python with Hypothesis - Alexander Hultnér
Hypothesis is the Python tool used for property based testing. Hypothesis claims to combine "human understanding of...
1 min read
106 - Visual Testing - How IDEs can make software testing easier - Paul Everitt
IDEs can help people with automated testing.In this episode, Paul Everitt and Brian discuss ways IDEs can encourage...
1 min read
105 - TAP - Test Anything Protocol - Matt Layman
The Test Anything Protocol, or TAP, is a way to record test results in a language agnostic way, predates XML by about...
1 min read
104 - Top 28 pytest plugins - Anthony Sottile
pytest is awesome by itself. pytest + plugins is even better. In this episode, Anthony Sottile and Brian Okken discuss...
1 min read
103 - Django - Lacey Williams Henschel
Django is without a doubt one of the most used web frameworks for Python. Lacey Williams Henschel is a Django...
1 min read
102 - Cosmic Python, TDD, testing and external dependencies - Harry Percival
Harry Percival has completed his second book, "Architecture Patterns with Python". So of course we talk about the book,...
1 min read
101 - Application Security - Anthony Shaw
Application security is best designed into a system from the start. Anthony Shaw is doing something about it by...
1 min read
100 - A/B Testing - Leemay Nassery
Let's say you have a web application and you want to make some changes to improve it. You may want to A/B test it first...
1 min read
99 - Software Maintenance and Chess
I play a form of group chess that has some interesting analogies to software development and maintenance of existing...
1 min read
98 - pytest-testmon - selects tests affected by changed files and methods - Tibor Arpas
pytest-testmon is a pytest plugin which selects and executes only tests you need to run. It does this by collecting...
1 min read
97 - 2019 Retrospective, 2020 Plans, and an amazing decade
This episode is not just a look back on 2019, and a look forward to 2020. Also, 2019 is the end of an amazingly...
2 min read
96 - Azure Pipelines - Thomas Eckert
Pipelines are used a lot in software projects to automated much of the work around build, test, deployment and more....
1 min read
95 - Data Science Pipeline Testing with Great Expectations - Abe Gong
Data science and machine learning are affecting more of our lives every day. Decisions based on data science and...
1 min read
94 - The real 11 reasons I don't hire you - Charity Majors
You've applied for a job, maybe lots of jobs. Depending on the company, you've gotta get througha resume reviewa coding...
1 min read
93 - Software Testing, Book Writing, Teaching, Public Speaking, and PyCarolinas - Andy Knight
Andy Knight is the Automation Panda. Andy Knight is passionate about software testing, and shares his passion through...
1 min read
92 - 9 Steps to Crater Quality & Destroy Customer Satisfaction - Cristian Medina
Cristian Medina wrote an article recently called "Test Engineering Anti-Patterns Destroy Your Customer Satisfaction and...
1 min read
91 - Python 3.8 - there's a lot more new than most people are talking about
Python 3.8.0 final is live and ready to download. On todays episode, we're going to run through what's new, picking out...
1 min read
90 - Dynamic Scope Fixtures in pytest 5.2 - Anthony Sottile
pytest 5.2 was just released, and with it, a cool fun feature called dynamic scope fixtures. Anthony Sottile so tilly...
1 min read
89 - Improving Programming Education - Nicholas Tollervey
Nicholas Tollervey is working toward better ways of teaching programming. His projects include the Mu Editor,...
1 min read
88 - Error Monitoring, Crash Reporting, Performance Monitoring - JD Trask
Tools like error monitoring, crash reporting, and performance monitoring are tools to help you create a better user...
1 min read
87 - Paths to Parametrization - from one test to many
There's a cool feature of pytest called parametrization. It's totally one of the superpowers of pytest. It's actually a...
1 min read
86 - Teaching testing best practices with 4 testing maxims - Josh Peak
You've incorporated software testing into your coding practices and know from experience that it helps you get your...
1 min read
85 - Speed Up Test Suites - Niklas Meinzer
Good software testing strategy is one of the best ways to save developer time and shorten software development delivery...
1 min read
84 - CircuitPython - Scott Shawcroft
Adafruit enables beginners to make amazing hardware/software projects. With CircuitPython, these projects can now use...
1 min read
83 - PyBites Code Challenges behind the scenes - Bob Belderbos
Bob Belderbos and Julian Sequeira started PyBites a few years ago. They started doing code challanges along with people...
1 min read
82 - pytest - favorite features since 3.0 - Anthony Sottile
Anthony Sottile is a pytest core contributor, as well as a maintainer and contributor to many other projects. In this...
1 min read
81 - TDD with flit
In the last episode, we talked about going from script to supported package. I worked on a project called subark and...
2 min read
80 - From Python script to Maintainable Package
This episode is a story about packaging, and flit, tox, pytest, and coverage. And an alternate solution to "using the...
1 min read
79 - Fixing misinformation about software testing
Some information about software testing is just wrong. I'm not talking about opinions. I have lots of opinions and they...
1 min read
78 - I don't write tests because ...
Roadblocks to writing tests, and what to do about it. Some developers either don't write tests, or don't like writing...
1 min read
77 - Testing Complex Systems with Maintainable Test Suites
Creating maintainable test suites for complex systems. The episode describes some complexities involved with hardware...
1 min read
76 - TDD - Don’t be afraid of Test-Driven Development - Chris May
Test Driven Development, TDD, can be intimidating to try. Why is that? And how can we make it less scary? That's what...
1 min read
75 - Modern Testing Principles - Alan Page
Software testing, if done right, is done all the time, throughout the whole life of a software project. This is...
2 min read
74 - Technical Interviews - Preparing For, What to Expect, and Tips for Success - Derrick Mar
In this episode, I talk with Derrick Mar, CTO and co-founder of Pathrise. This is the episode you need to listen to to...
1 min read
73 - PyCon 2019 Live Recording
This is a "Yay! It's PyCon 2019" episode. PyCon is very important to me. But it's kinda hard to put a finger on why. So...
1 min read
72 - Technical Interview Fixes - April Wensel
Some typical technical interview practices can be harmful and get in the way of hiring great people. April Wensel...
1 min read
71 - Memorable Tech Talks, The Ultimate Guide - Nina Zakharenko
Nina Zakharenko gives some great advice about giving tech talks. We talk about a blog series that Nina wrote called...
2 min read
70 - Learning Software without a CS degree - Dane Hillard
Dane and Brian discuss skills needed for people that become software developers from non-traditional paths. Dane is...
1 min read
69 - Andy Hunt - The Pragmatic Programmer
Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas wrote the seminal software development book, The Pragmatic Programmer. Together they founded...
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68 - test && commit || revert (TCR) - Thomas Deniffel
With conventional TDD, you write a failing test, get it to pass, then refactor. Then run the tests again to make sure...
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67 - Teaching Python in Middle School
In today's episode we talk with Kelly Paredes & Sean Tibor. They teach Python in a middle school in Florida, and talk...
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66 - Brian is interviewed by Phil Burgess
I was recently interviewed on a podcast called "IT Career Energizer Podcast". Phil Burgess is the host of the podcast,...
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65 - one assert per test
Is it ok to have more than one assert statement in a test? I've seen articles that say no, you should never have more...
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64 - Practicing Programming to increase your value
I want you to get the most out of being a software developer, or test engineer, or whatever you do that makes this...
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63 - Python Corporate Training - Matt Harrison
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. -- Confucius Matt Harrison is an author and...
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62 - Python Training - Reuven Lerner
There are a lot of learning styles and a lot of ways to learn Python. If you started Python through a class at work, or...
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61 - A retrospective
A look back on 3 years of podcasting, and a bit of a look forward to what to expect in 2019. Top 5 episodes 2 Pytest vs...
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60 - 100 Days of Code - Julian Sequeira
Julian Sequeira is Co-Founder of PyBit.es (a blog/platform created to teach and learn Python) and a Python Trainer at...
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59 - Genesynth, nox, urllib3, & PyCascades - Thea Flowers
Thea Flowers is a Pythonista and open source advocate. She helps empower developers of all backgrounds and experience...
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58 - REST APIs, testing with Docker containers and pytest
Let's say you've got a web application you need to test. It has a REST API that you want to use for testing. Can you...
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57 - What is Data Science? - Vicki Boykis
Data science, data engineering, data analysis, and machine learning are part of the recent massive growth of Python....
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56 - Being a Guest on a Podcast - Michael Kennedy
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
What happens when 100% test code coverage just isn't enough. In this episode, we talk with Mahmoud Hashemi about glom,...
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54 - Python 1994 - Paul Everitt
Paul talks about the beginning years of Python. Talking about Python's beginnings is also talking about the Python...
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53 - Seven Databases in Seven Weeks - Luc Perkins
Luc Perkins joins the show to talk about "Seven Databases in Seven Weeks A guide to modern databases and the NoSQL...
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52 - pyproject.toml - the future of Python packaging - Brett Cannon
Brett Cannon discusses the changes afoot in Python packaging as a result of PEP 517, PEP 518, starting with "How did we...
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51 - Feature Testing
Andy Knight joins me in discussing the concept of feature testing. A feature tests is "a test verifying a service or...
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50 - Flaky Tests and How to Deal with Them
Anthony Shaw joins Brian to discuss flaky tests and flaky test suites. What are flaky tests? Is it the same as fragile...
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49 - tox - Oliver Bestwalter
tox is a simple yet powerful tool that is used by many Python projects. tox is not just a tool to help you test a...
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48 - A GUI for pytest
The story of how I came to find a good user interface for running and debugging automated tests is interleaved with a...
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47 - Automation Panda - Andy Knight
Interview with Andy Knight, the Automation Panda. Selenium & WebDriver Headless Chrome Gherkin BDD Given When Then...
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46 - Testing Hard To Test Applications - Anthony Shaw
How do you write tests for things that aren’t that easy to write tests for? That question is a possibly terrible...
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45 - David Heinemeier Hansson - Software Development and Testing, TDD, and exploratory QA
David Heinemeier Hansson is the creator of Ruby on Rails, founder & CTO at Basecamp (formerly 37signals). He's a best...
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44 - Mentoring - Nina Zakharenko
Nina Zakharenko is a cloud developer advocate at Microsoft focusing on Python. She's also an excellent public speaker....
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44 - Preparing for Technical Talks with Kelsey Hightower - bonus episode
After I had wrapped up the interview with Kelsey Hightower for episode 43, I asked him one last question. You see, I...
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43 - Kelsey Hightower - End to End & Integration Testing
I first heard Kelsey speak during his 2017 PyCon keynote. He's an amazing speaker, and I knew right then I wanted to...
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42 - Using Automated Tests to Help Teach Python - Trey Hunner
This interview with Trey Hunner discusses his use of automated tests to help teach programming. Automated testing is a...
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41 - Testing in DevOps and Agile - Anthony Shaw
We talk with Anthony Shaw about some of the testing problems facing both DevOps teams, and Agile teams. We also talk...
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40 - On Podcasting - Adam Clark
Adam is the host of The Gently Mad podcast, and teaches the steps in creating and growing a podcast in his course...
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39 - Thorough software testing for critical features
Complete and exhaustive testing is not possible. Nor would it be fun, or maintainable, or a good use of your time....
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38 - Prioritize software tests with RCRCRC
RCRCRC was developed by Karen Nicole Johnson. In this episode we discuss the mnemonic/heuristic and use it to...
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37 - What tests to write first
This episode starts down the path of test strategy with the first tests to write in either a legacy system or a project...
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36 - Stephanie Hurlburt - Mentoring and Open Office Hours
Stephanie is a co-founder and graphics engineer at Binomial. She works on Basis, an image compressor, and has customers...
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35 - Continuing Education and Certificate Programs at UW
There are lots of ways to up your skills. Of course, I'm a big fan of learning through reading books, such as upping...
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34 - TDD and Test First
An in depth discussion of Test Driven Development (TDD) should include a discussion of Test First. So that's where we...
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33 - Katharine Jarmul - Testing in Data Science
A discussion with Katharine Jarmul, aka kjam, about some of the challenges of data science with respect to testing....
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32 - David Hussman - Agile vs Agility, Dude's Law, and more
A wonderful discussion with David Hussman. David and Brian look back at what all we've learned in XP, TDD, and other...
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31 - I'm so sick of the testing pyramid
What started as a twitter disagreement carries over into this civil discussion of software testing. Brian and Paul...
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30 - Legacy Code - M. Scott Ford
M. Scott Ford is the founder and chief code whisperer at Corgibytes, a company focused on helping other companies with...
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29 - Kobiton & QASymphony - Josh Lieberman
Kobiton is a service to test mobile apps on real devices. QASymphony offers software testing and QA tools.Special Guest...
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28 - Chaos Engineering & Experimentation at Netflix - Casey Rosenthal
Today we have an interview with Casey Rosenthal of Netflix. One of the people making sure Netflix runs smoothly is...
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27 - Mahmoud Hashemi - unit, integration, and system testing
What is the difference between a unit test, an integration test, and a system test? Mahmoud Hashemi helps me to define...
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25 - Selenium, pytest, Mozilla – Dave Hunt
Interview with Dave HuntdWe CoverSelenium Driverpytestpytest plugins pytest-seleniumpytest-htmlpytest-variablestoxDave...
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26 - pyresttest – Sam Van Oort
Interview with Sam Van Oort about pyresttest, "A REST testing and API microbenchmarking tool" pyresttest A question in...
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24 - pytest - Raphael Aurich
pytest is an extremely popular test framework used by many projects and companies. In this episode, I interview Raphael...
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23 - Lessons about testing and TDD from Kent Beck
Kent Beck's twitter profile says "Programmer, author, father, husband, goat farmer". But I know him best from his work...
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22 - Converting Manual Tests to Automated Tests
How do you convert manual tests to automated tests? This episode looks at the differences between manual and automated...
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21 - Terminology - test fixtures, subcutaneous testing, end to end testing, system testing
A listener requested that I start covering some terminology. I think it's a great idea.Covered in this episodeTest...
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20 - Talk Python To Me - Michael Kennedy
I talk with Michael aboutEpisodes of his show having to do with testing.His transition from employee to podcast host...
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19 - Python unittest - Robert Collins
Interview with Robert Collins, current core maintainer of Python's unittest module.Some of the topics coveredHow did...
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18 - Testing in Startups and Hiring Software Engineers - Joe Stump
In this episode, I interview with Joe Stump, cofounder of Sprintly (https//sprint.ly), to give the startup perspective...
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17 - The Travis Foundation - Laura Gaetano
The Travis Foundation. Interview with Laura GaetanoLinks and things we talked aboutTravis FoundationOpen Source...
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16 - Welcome to Test and Code
This is a small episode. I'm changing the name from the "Python Test Podcast" to "Test & Code". I just want to discuss...
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15 - Lean Software Development
An introduction to Lean Software Development This is a quick intro to the concepts of Lean Software Development. I'm...
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14 - Continuous Integration with Travis CI – Josh Kalderimis
Interview with Josh Kalderimis from Travis CI. Josh is a co-founder and Chief Post-It Officer at Travis CI. Topics What...
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13 - Ian Cordasco – Betamax
Testing apps that use requests without using mock. Interview with Ian Cordasco (@sigmavirus24) Topics Betamax - python...
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12 - Coverage.py with Ned Batchelder
In this episode I interview Ned Batchelder. I know that coverage.py is very important to a lot of people to understand...
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11 - pytest assert magic
How pytest, unittest, and nose deal with assertions. The job of the test framework to tell developers how and why their...
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10 - Test Case Design using Given-When-Then from BDD
Given-When-Then is borrowed from BDD and is my favorite structure for test case design. It doesn’t matter if you are...
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9 - Harry Percival - Testing Web Apps with Python, Selenium, Django
Intro to Harry Percival, his background and story of how he got into TDD and ended up writing a bookComparing using...
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8 - Agile vs Agility - Agile Is Dead (Long Live Agility)
In today's podcast, I dodge the question of "What do you think of Agile?" by reading an essay from Dave Thomas
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7 - The Waterfall Model and “Managing the Development of Large Software Systems”
The waterfall model has been used and modified and changed and rebelled against since before I started programming....
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6 - Writing software is like nothing else
My experience with writing software comes from my experience where I grew up, what eras I lived through, what my...
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5 - Test Classes - No OO experience required
Setup and Teardown Benefits of Test Fixtures code reuse cleanup of resources errors vs failures focusing your thinking...
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4 - Test Fixtures - Setup, Teardown, and so much more
Setup and Teardown Benefits of Test Fixtures code reuse cleanup of resources errors vs failures focusing your thinking...
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3 - Why test?
Answering a listener question. Why testing? What are the benefits? Why automated testing over manual testing? Why test...
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2 - Pytest vs Unittest vs Nose
I list my requirements for a framework and discuss how Pytest, Unittest, and Nose measure up to those requirements....
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