Spec to Gherkin to Code: A Relay Play based on Swagger and OAS
Recent publications elsewhere: Spec to Gherkin to Code
more ...The TLA Problem -- Over-Engineering Three-Letter Acronyms
Here's something we can gleefully over-engineer. Because anything
worth doing is worth over-engineering until it morphs into a different
kind of problem.
I'm unclear on the backstory, so try not to ask "why are we doing
this?" I think it has something to do with code camp and there are …
Ordered Keys in Dictionaries
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Raymond Hettinger(@raymondh)
12/15/17, 11:40 AM https://twitter.com/raymondh/status/941709626545864704?refsrc=email&s=11
#python news: 😀
@gvanrossum just pronounced that dicts are now guaranteed to retain insertion order. This is the end of a long journey.
The Business of Book Promotions
It is hard (for me) to promote my books. It seems like empty vanity. I
realize that it's not -- promotion is essential -- but it's difficult.
Packt just send a raft of detailed information for authors. Some
things they suggest I do.
- ✅Referrals. Want a "free" Python book? The "free" is …
CI/CD DevOps and Python
See https://www.slideshare.net/ITRevolution/does-sfo-2016-topo-pal-devops-at-capital-one for the 16 gates that separate a good idea from secure, productive use of software. While a lot of DevOps folks like the idea, when it comes to implementing it for Python apps, they get confused.
The confusion seems to stem from Python's …
more ...Python Type Hinting -- generally easy until you find your design flaws
Adding type hints is easy and fun. Seriously. It's not a lot of work.
Until.
- Until you find a piece of code that does more than what you sort-of
- thought it kind-of did.
def null_aware_func(x):
if x is None:
return x
return 2.2*x**1.05
This is …
more ...Programming by Search, Copy, and Paste Leads to Epic Fail
In a way, this is about an epic fail attempting copy-and-paste coding. But really, this is about thinking outside the box. The issue -- to me -- comes from failing to see the box. Here's the body of the email, edited slightly.
more ..."...how determine when a file has completed downloading. It would …
Why I like Functional Composition
After spending years developing a level of mastery over Object
Oriented Design Patterns, I'm having a lot of fun understanding
Functional Design Patterns.
The OO Design Patterns are helpful because they're concrete
expressions of the S. O. L. I. D. design principles. Much of the "Gang
of Four" book demonstrates …
Python Exercises
https://www.ynonperek.com/2017/09/21/python-exercises/amp/ This seems very cool. These look like some pretty cool problems. It includes debugging and unit testing, so there's a lot of core skills covered by these exercises.
more ...Three Unsolvable Problems in Computing
The three unsolvable problems in computing:
- Naming
- Distributed Cache Coherence
- Off-By-One Errors
Let's talk about naming.
The project team decided to call the server component "FlaskAPI".
Seriously.
It serves information about two kinds of resources: images and running instances of images. (Yes, it's a kind of kubernetes/dockyard lite that …
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