February 26-28, 2014
Montreal, Canada

Python Testing Tools

Come check out some battle-tested tools for improving your Python testing. I'll demonstrate intermediate and advanced features of py.test (fixtures, parametrized tests), testing web applications with WebTest, testing across a matrix of multiple Python and dependency versions with tox, writing test doubles, stubs, and spies with mock and pretend, and measuring code coverage with coverage.py.

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Carl Meyer

OddBird

Carl builds web applications in Python for OddBird and occasionally helps maintain Django. When he’s not chasing a more elegant algorithm, he chases frisbees, hockey pucks, and a six-year-old son.

Past conference presentations include "Reverse-engineering Ian Bicking's brain: inside pip and virtualenv", "Taming your dependencies with pip", "Testing and Django" and "Getting started with automated testing".

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