Viva la Chipperfish » rails http://www.jrandolph.com/blog software development and testing Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:20:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 A new litmus test for evaluating Python web frameworks — What’s your security policy? http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/2006/08/10/a-new-litmus-tests-for-evaluating-python-web-frameworks-whats-your-security-policy/ http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/2006/08/10/a-new-litmus-tests-for-evaluating-python-web-frameworks-whats-your-security-policy/#comments Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:36:47 +0000 Jason Huggins http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/?p=45 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 [...]

]]> http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/2006/08/10/a-new-litmus-tests-for-evaluating-python-web-frameworks-whats-your-security-policy/feed/ 16 Picked to present Selenium at Google’s Conference on Test Automation http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/2006/06/16/picked-to-present-selenium-at-googles-conference-on-test-automation/ http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/2006/06/16/picked-to-present-selenium-at-googles-conference-on-test-automation/#comments Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:05:40 +0000 Jason Huggins http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/?p=36 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, [...]

]]> http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/2006/06/16/picked-to-present-selenium-at-googles-conference-on-test-automation/feed/ 2 TECHcoffee – “running club” meets “study hall” http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/2006/06/11/techcoffee-running-club-meets-study-hall/ http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/2006/06/11/techcoffee-running-club-meets-study-hall/#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2006 02:22:52 +0000 Jason Huggins http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/?p=34 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 [...]

]]> http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/2006/06/11/techcoffee-running-club-meets-study-hall/feed/ 4 Selenium – making a dent in the universe and getting paid to do it… http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/2006/06/08/selenium-making-a-dent-in-the-universe-and-getting-paid-to-do-it/ http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/2006/06/08/selenium-making-a-dent-in-the-universe-and-getting-paid-to-do-it/#comments Thu, 08 Jun 2006 05:47:43 +0000 Jason Huggins http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/?p=31 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 [...]

]]> http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/2006/06/08/selenium-making-a-dent-in-the-universe-and-getting-paid-to-do-it/feed/ 1 Google Trends – Ruby vs Python http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/2006/05/10/google-trends-ruby-vs-python/ http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/2006/05/10/google-trends-ruby-vs-python/#comments Thu, 11 May 2006 00:20:13 +0000 Jason Huggins http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/?p=30 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. :-)

]]> http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/2006/05/10/google-trends-ruby-vs-python/feed/ 13 Using Dot Notation for writing DSLs http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/2006/04/29/using-dot-notation-for-writing-dsls/ http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/2006/04/29/using-dot-notation-for-writing-dsls/#comments Sat, 29 Apr 2006 08:59:37 +0000 Jason Huggins http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/?p=29 """ This is all valid syntax in my shiny new domain specific language, implemented in Python.

>>> put("jason").into.element.named("username")
>>> put("jason").into.element.labeled("username")      
>>> put("jason").into.element.identified.by("username")

...or...    
[...]
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]]> http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/2006/02/22/thoughts-on-skills-tracking-in-a-consulting-company/feed/ 9 Ask Google: Python Web Framework Statistics http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/2006/02/09/ask-google-python-web-framework-statistics/ http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/2006/02/09/ask-google-python-web-framework-statistics/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2006 14:31:20 +0000 Jason Huggins http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/?p=24 search-term web groups blog amazon.com-search

python zope 8,920,000 20,700 2,294 9

python plone 2,730,000 2,420 784 2

python twisted 2,010,000 14,500 1,396 4

python subway 714,000* 2,380* 626 4

python aquarium 659,000* 4,340* 505 7

python django 543,000 2,660 [...]

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A “lead developer of Selenium” has been invited to speak at FOSDEM next month.

Both Paul Hammant and I want to go and speak. Both of us can take some claim as “lead developer” of Selenium, only it’s a been awhile since either one of us has committed any code! (I created Selenium in [...]

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Another possibility is Business [...]

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