Tri Nguyen

Was I ever startled this morning when my browser asked if it should load the 93 tabs I’d had open last time. Now that’s officially way too many, perhaps even reason to worry! Time for a nice brainpeel so I can close this sucker.

Python web frameworks

• Pylons Python Web Framework
• web.py: makes web apps
• Why you should use Django
• WsgiStart – WSGI Wiki
• Please Teach me Web Frameworks for Python!

Python testing frameworks

Comparisons

• Python Testing Tools Taxonomy
• comp.lang.python – unittest vs py.test?
• PyCon2004DocTestUnit – unittest vs doctest (pdf)
• Python unit testing part 1: the unittest module
• Python unit testing part 2: the doctest module
• Python unit testing part 3: the py.test tool and library

py.test

• py.test
• Ian Bicking on py.test
• Ian’s slides – py.test: unittest alternative

doctest

• Stream-of-Consciousness Testing (dirtSimple.org)
• PyCon2004DocTestUnit (pdf)

PyMock, Nose and Coverage

• PyMock: An EasyMock like python mocking library
• pMock: Overview of API
• nose: a discovery-based unittest extension
• Keeping your Nose Green at Jeff’s Brain Dump
• Ned Batchelder: coverage

Test-Driven Development

• ONLamp.com — Test-Driven Development in Python
• Toes to the Edge » Test Driven Development in Python (slides)

Debugging

• ONLamp.com — Interactive Debugging in Python
• Steve Ferg – Debugging in Python
• ActiveState Python Cookbook – Debugging and Testing
• Using the Python debugger (pdb) with IPython
• Winpdb – An Advanced Python Debugger
• Dabo Wiki WinPDB

Markdown format converters

• html2text.php 1.3 – Convert HTML to Markdown
• Maruku: a Markdown-superset interpreter
• MultiMarkdown
• Pandoc

Useful Miscellaneous Tools, Libraries and Hacks

• ONLamp.com – Enhanced Interactive Python with IPython
• My first IronPython application « Jon Udell
• NinjaHideout Review – Komodo Edit 4.0 – Beta 5
• OpenQA: Selenium
• jQuery: The Write Less, Do More, JavaScript Library
• Using Picasa to upload to Flickr using Uploadr.py
• Userscripts.org: Amazon PDX Linky
• eazysvn – Subversion branching and merging made a bit easier
• Hack Attack: Getting good with Google Reader – Lifehacker