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Python: Using assertRaises as a Context Manager 24 Aug 2013 | 12:03 am
If you're using the unittest library, and you want to check the value of an exception, here's a convenient way to use assertRaises:
Humor: Testing the Validity of Internet Email Using Perl 22 Aug 2013 | 10:16 pm
My wife sent me an email yesterday. It said, "What the :_/_&/#=;$ is he doing with a 28 year old! That is sick :-(". I wanted to test the validity of her statement, so I fed that expression into Perl....
Books: Treading on Python 20 Aug 2013 | 09:18 am
I just received my copy of Treading on Python! I was the technical editor :) There are two things that are great about this book. First, Matt Harrison's a really good Python programmer, and his writin...
Books: Programming the Rasberry Pi: Getting Started with Python 16 Jul 2013 | 08:35 pm
I just finished reading Programming Raspberry Pi: Getting Started with Python. I really liked it! Actually, it was really quite amazing at how much ground Simon Monk could cover in a mere 158 pages. T...
Use "perfect" as a verb, not as an adjective 11 Jul 2013 | 07:33 am
I'm slowly making my way through the PyCon videos on pyvideo.org, and one of them that I particularly liked was Alex Martelli's "Good enough" is good enough! He made a statement that really hit home ...
Twitter is Hiring Right Now 20 Jun 2013 | 01:12 am
We need Scala, Java, Ruby, and Python programmers. Here is the full list of openings. If you're interested in applying, tell me which position(s) you're interested in and shoot me your resume. I'd be ...
Python: I Like Django 18 Jun 2013 | 06:28 am
I like Django. I didn't used to. However, it's become more powerful, more flexible, and better documented since the last time I looked at it. I can now see myself really enjoying using it.
Personal: Links to My G+ and Twitter Accounts 10 May 2013 | 11:18 pm
If you enjoy my blog posts on Python, Ruby, Dart, etc., and you're looking for a new way to follow me now that Google Reader is going away, here are my Twitter and G+ accounts: @jjinux gplus.to/jjin...
Drawing Sierpinski's Triangle in Minecraft Using Python 10 May 2013 | 02:37 am
In his keynote at PyCon, Eben Upton, the Executive Director of the Rasberry Pi Foundation, mentioned that not only has Minecraft been ported to the Rasberry Pi, but you can even control it with Python...
"Await" in Python 30 Apr 2013 | 12:02 am
In Guido van Rossum's PyCon 2013 keynote, he presents "a new, interoperable approach to asynchronous I/O that is being developed for inclusion in Python 3.4." Part of his proposal is a way to use "yie...
