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By day, I'm a product manager serving a group of fantastic engineers at Square.
By night, I fight crime and solve mysteries with a robot pal of my own creation.
By midday, I like a snack, generally a cookie.
Part of this biography isn't true (hint, I like cookies and engineering, I don't own a robot)
Category Archives: Python
Pywatch: Run tests when your code changes
I’m happy to announce that pywatch is ready for use, I think. Continue reading
Posted in Programming, Projects, Python, Pywatch
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django-baseboard updated to 0.3
I’m happy to announce that [django-baseboard](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-baseboard/) has been updated to 0.3 Here’s what’s new: * Better error handling and reporting for the management commands/cron jobs * Projects are no longer required to have an RSS feed foreign key (bugfix from … Continue reading
Posted in BasecampReporting, Projects, Python, Technology
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Announcing basecampreporting and django-baseboard
At [work](http://www.ajc.com), we use [Basecamp](http://www.basecamphq.com/), a lot. We use it for design projects, development projects, and projects that have no design or development components whatsoever. Our project teams like Basecamp because of its focus on communication, but we’ve found that … Continue reading
Posted in BasecampReporting, Programming, Python
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Adventures in unit testing the Basecamp API
I’m working on a little side project, that I might open source once the code is less rough, which involves using the [Basecamp API](http://developer.37signals.com/basecamp/). My package uses the [Python wrapper for the API](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/BasecampWrapper/0.1) and then does some naming convention magic … Continue reading
Posted in Programming, Python
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Django testing tip: don’t test template output
When writing tests for [Django views](http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/#the-view-layer), especially for projects at [work](http://www.ajc.com), I’ve almost completely abandoned any sort of detailed test for the template being rendered. My tests usually look something like this: def test_link_archive_should_show_published_links(self): “””Links in draft status shouldn’t appear … Continue reading
Posted in Django, Programming
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