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 »
The CoViD-19 global pandemic has thrust modelling and analysis into the public eye in a way rarely seen before. One particular example is the CoViD model developed by MRC-IDE, which was a contributor to the UK response to the pandemic. The research team behind this model published their code on GitHub. As might be expected… Read More »
Behaviour Driven Development, or BDD, is a valuable collaboration technique for bridging the gap between developers and wider stakeholders. One part of BDD is the tools or frameworks that can be used to convert BDD statements into actual running tests. This post goes through a simple example using the pytest-bdd plugin. Python BDD with pytest-bdd… Read More »
Software testing is just like tasting a cake. Sort of. You know if you’ve made a good cake when it tastes and looks good, but what if something went wrong and it doesn’t look or taste good? How would you know where the problem was? Was the recipe just wrong? Did you not use enough… Read More »