Ned Batchelder

Testing is better than DSA

22 September

People should spend less time learning DSA, more time learning testing. » more..

Finding unneeded pragmas

24 August

A proof-of-concept tool for finding unneeded coverage.py exclusion pragmas » more..

Starting with pytest’s parametrize

13 August

Pytest’s parametrize feature is powerful but it looks scary. I hope this step-by-step explanation helps people use it more. » more..

Coverage.py regex pragmas

28 July

Coverage.py uses regexes to define pragma syntax. This is surprisingly powerful. » more..

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Code

software I made

  • Dinghy ·· for digesting GitHub activity
  • Scriv ·· for managing changelogs
  • coverage.py ·· for measuring Python code coverage

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