Tag Archives: ideas

Issue Tracker Gamification

Posted on Monday 11 February 2013 by J. D. Bartlett

I’ve been playing with habitrpg, which gamifies habit-setting. You have a little character with experience points, hit points and gold pieces. You earn experience and gold for achieving your habit goals. You lose hit points for failing to achieve goals. … Continue reading →

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A Whole New Language

Posted on Monday 26 November 2012 by J. D. Bartlett

I like to dream. Occasionally I dream about what the ideal programming language would look like. Yes, I know, writing a new programming language would involve all sorts of hurdles like convincing people to adopt it, building a community around … Continue reading →

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Crazy Idea: Chatting to Your Programming Language

Posted on Monday 14 May 2012 by J. D. Bartlett

What Is This? Today I’m writing about the embryo of a crazy idea I’ve had. It hasn’t yet passed the tests of usefulness and feasibility. I can’t yet clearly visualise what the implementation of the idea looks like. I’m writing … Continue reading →

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That Test Framework

Posted on Monday 25 October 2010 by J. D. Bartlett

A few weeks ago I dreamt about a unit testing framework for Python.  Well, I’ve put together a proof-of-concept prototype.  What you can do with it: Set up tests and nested test suites Provide per-suite or per-test setup and teardown … Continue reading →

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Python Unit Testing

Posted on Monday 11 October 2010 by J. D. Bartlett

I’ve had to write and maintain Python unit tests both for work and for Trosnoth.  I’ve played around with py.test and nose, and have done a tiny bit with trial (for twisted).  As a result I’ve come up with the … Continue reading →

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