#45: The Python Testing Column, Now a Thing

Talk Python To Me

Michael Kennedy

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4.8 • 635 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2016

⏱️ 59 minutes

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What is the role, the core purpose of writing tests for your application? Should you write more unit tests and fewer integration tests, or is it actually the other way around? You may have heard of the test pyramid with unit tests building the foundation. In this episode we talk about a variation on that theme called the test column. We talk about this and more with Brian Okken on this episode of Talk Python To Me.

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0:00.0	What is the role, the core purpose of writing tests for your application?
0:03.3	Should you write more unit tests and fewer integration test,
0:05.9	or is it actually the other way around?
0:08.1	You may have heard of the test pyramid with unit tests building the foundation.
0:11.8	In this episode, we'll talk about a variation on that theme called the test column.
0:16.2	We talk about this and more with Brian Ockin on episode number 45 of Talk Python to Me recorded January 27th, 2016. these verbs to make this music. I constructed line by line, just like when I'm coding another software design.
0:39.9	In both cases, it's about design patterns.
0:42.9	Anyone can get the job done.
0:44.3	It's the execution that matters.
0:46.1	I have many interests.
0:47.3	Sometimes you can play.
0:48.3	Welcome to Talk Python to Me, a weekly podcast on Python, the language, the libraries, the ecosystem, and the personalities.
0:55.5	This is your host, Michael Kennedy. Follow me on Twitter where I'm at M. Kennedy.
0:59.1	Keep up with the show and listen to past episodes at talk python.fm.
1:02.8	And follow the show on Twitter via at Talk Python.
1:06.4	This episode is brought to you by Hired and SnapCi.
1:09.5	Thank them for supporting the show on Twitter via at Hired underscore H.
1:13.6	and at Snap underscore CI.
1:16.8	Hey, everyone.
1:17.9	I hope you're looking forward to an interesting conversation on testing software using Python.
1:22.4	This week, our guest, Brian Ockin, is giving away five copies of his Python Testing Frameworks
1:27.2	book.
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