I started to write C 25 years ago now, with many different tools over the year. As many open source developers, I spent most of my life working with the... (more…)

What should a standard Python application look like? (more…)

Last November Python briefly swapped positions with Java for the second position in the TIOBE index, and this month Python strikes again. The difference is only 0.13%, but it is reasonable to assume that Python will keep its second position for a longer ... (more…)

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As a follow up to Python Mocking 101: Fake It Before You Make It, this post covers some higher-level software engineering principles demonstrated in our Python testing over the past year and half. In particular, the idea of patching mock objects in unit t... (more…)