Software testing is an important part of software development, this post has a few points to consider when developing tests for your own software. Read more about the profession of software testing Existent I wanted to put this one first. Before worrying about getting the testing automated, or comprehensive or whatever, the most important thing… Read More »
Archaeology can be an interesting source of data for projects or exploring analytical techniques. This post contains a few sources of open archeology data which you may wish to refer to. Journal of Open Archaeology Data This isn’t a repository of data itself, but the articles published in the journal of open archaeology data typically… Read More »
The strategy pattern is all about being able to swap complex functionality in and out, without needing to change large amounts of code. This post summarises the strategy pattern in python. Formal, traditional design patterns are not found in python as often as in other languages such as C# or Java. It can still help… Read More »
This post shows you how you can use the free ffmpeg tool to convert files: mov to mp4, either single files or whole folders. These days if you make a video with your phone or camera, the chances are it records it as an mp4. Older devices might store videos in mov format, which is… Read More »
Streaming data is an important part of modern data processing. If you are just starting out, and perhaps don’t yet work somewhere with access to a big data streaming infrastructure, it can be hard to know where to start. This post talks you through a simple wikipedia data stream example from the wikimedia documentation. Wikipedia… Read More »