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Archive for November, 2009
12Nov
Continual Integration Testing for Web Applications: A Sample Application in Django
Posted by Elf Sternberg as django, programming, python, web development
This is Part 2 of a series. Before I demonstrate how to do continual integration testing, I need a demonstration application. I’ve chosen a simple Django application, your basic echo program, with no styling or media at all. This ought to be more than enough to demonstrate base functionality. A New Django Project Start by [...]
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- Tags: coverage, testing
11Nov
Continual Integration Testing for Web Applications: Setting up Hudson behind Nginx
Posted by Elf Sternberg as programming, web development
I once wrote that Nginx was my project management software. While not entirely true, I am very fond of Nginx for a variety of tasks, one of which is fronting Hudson. As I recounted in my previous post, getting this right will save you a megagigaton of grief. This technique works with almost all modern [...]
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- Tags: hudson, nginx, testing
Eddie Sullivan at Chickenwing Software has a fascinating post entitled The Facebook Platform is Dead. I agree with many of his comments. I don’t think there’s anything terrible about the “Facebook Certified Application” program; that’s a business decision, not a software policy decision. But Sullivan says one thing that set me off. He wrote: The [...]
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- Tags: professionalism, testing
05Nov
Are Test-Driven Development and Literate Programming the Same Discipline?
Posted by Elf Sternberg as programming
A co-worker of mine is very fond of Test Driven Development, which isn’t really my thing, although I’m learning. I have a lot of respect for his code, which works. When I mentioned that, when working alone, I really enjoyed Literate Programming the look on his face couldn’t have been more clear. He said he [...]
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