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Import Graphs for Python

Posted on Monday 24 January 2011 by J. D. Bartlett

I was doing some Trosnoth refactoring recently, and I wanted a tool that would draw import graphs of the Trosnoth subpackages.  After a quick search of the Internet didn’t give me what I wanted, I set about to write my … Continue reading →

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Using Mercurial instead of Drop Box

Posted on Monday 15 November 2010 by J. D. Bartlett

Recently I’ve had a number of friends telling me how fantastic Drop Box is for synchronising files and how they don’t understand that I don’t use it.  Drop Box has one very good argument in its favour: you can use … 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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Window Manager Woes

Posted on Monday 18 October 2010 by J. D. Bartlett

I’ve been playing around with different window managers for my Ubuntu installation.  At work in particular, I find it really useful having a tiling window manager because (a) it improves my efficiency because the keyboard shortcuts help to cut down … 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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