'rails' Category
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Aug102006
A new litmus test for evaluating Python web frameworks — What’s your security policy?
With the almost daily announcement of new Python-based web frameworks, there needs to be a way to filter the contenders from the pretenders. I’ve been mulling over the idea of compiling a checklist for evaluating new frameworks. The checklist could also be used by new would-be Python framework creators as a gut check for the [...]
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Jun162006
Picked to present Selenium at Google’s Conference on Test Automation
Woo-hoo! I just got an email from Allen Hutchison at Google that my presentation proposal has been selected for Google’s London Test Automation Conference.
Here’s a short excerpt from my proposal:
In my talk, I would explore the use of Selenium in a fully integrated “web testing appliance” setup. With Selenium, some clever Python scripting, [...]
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Jun112006
TECHcoffee – “running club” meets “study hall”
On Friday, I posted a message to the Chicago Python list about the possibility of doing weekly code sprints.
excerpt: “… which got me thinking even more… what if every week there was a “mini-sprint” held at some central location downtown where folks can meet up and code. Kind of like a running club, but for [...]
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Jun082006
Selenium – making a dent in the universe and getting paid to do it…
Woohoo! I just discovered today that Selenium, the nifty web testing tool, now has its own page on Wikipedia. Okay, since anyone can edit Wikipedia, that’s not much of an accomplishment. But I promise I didn’t make the edit myself. I am amused, though, that Selenium (the software) is relevant enough now to warrant a [...]
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May102006
Google Trends – Ruby vs Python
Let a new round of flame wars begin!
Google Trends – Ruby vs Python
Interesting that Ruby wasn’t even on the map until early 2005. Gee, I wonder why. :-)