5/9 Research Software Engineering with Python (COMP0233) - Testing with Python

Testing your software is part of development. In this episode I talk about different types of testing, automated tests, legacy code etc. My guest is Stef Piatek from UCL who tells us how he approaches testing in his daily work. Links https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html https://docs.pytest.org/https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/how-to/monkeypatch.html PyTest Monkeypatch https://agiledata.org/essays/tdd.html test driven development TDD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_programming https://joss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/review_criteria.html criteria for open source software reviews, which includes a section on testing https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/a-practical-guide-to-start-opensource-contributions/ https://docs.github.com/en/actions GitHub Actions https://martinfowler.com Martin Fowler's great web site. Also look out for his book:Working Effectively With Legacy Code - Michael Feathers, 2004, ISBN: 8601400968741 Don't be shy - say Hi This podcast is brought to you by the Advanced Research Computing Centre of the University College London, UK.  Producer and Host: Peter Schmidt