UCL for Code in Research
UCL for Code in Research
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The companion podcast for courses on programming from the Advanced Research Computing Centre of the University College of London, UK.
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The podcast covers foundational aspects of C++ programming including topics like polymorphism, exception handling, data types, and smart pointers, with episodes such as 'On Polymorphism' and 'Throw, try, catch...test' delving into specific programming techniques. The show emphasizes practical coding strategies alongside theoretical concepts.
The companion podcast for courses on programming from the Advanced Research Computing Centre of the University College of London, UK.
Testing your software is part of development. In this episode I talk about different types of testing, automated tests, legacy code etc. My guest is Stef Piatek from UCL who tells us how he approaches testing in his daily work.
Links
- https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html
- https://docs.pytest.org/
- https://docs.pytest.org/en/7.1.x/how-to/monkeypatch.html PyTest Monkeypatch
- https://agiledata.org/essays/tdd.html test driven development TDD
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_programming
- https://joss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/review_criteria.html criteria for open source software reviews, which includes a section on testing
- https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/a-practical-guide-to-start-opensource-contributions/
- https://docs.github.com/en/actions GitHub Actions
- https://martinfowler.com Martin Fowler's great web site. Also look out for his book:
- Working Effectively With Legacy Code – Michael Feathers, 2004, ISBN: 8601400968741
This podcast is brought to you by the Advanced Research Computing Centre of the University College London, UK.
Producer and Host: Peter Schmidt
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