Background
I love Python and my personal experience has shown that testers are about 4x more productive when using Python than when using Java. However, at work I am a tester on a Java application. I’ve been looking for a way to bridge that gap and allow me to write my tests in Python [...]
Entries from March 2008
How to Use JPype
March 31, 2008 by Isaac
Network, network, where is thy speed?
March 28, 2008 by Isaac
In the lab today I was having problems with a slow network. In tracing the cables from the computer I found they went into a hub, not a switch. After recovering from shock I checked the card settings to see what duplex mode they were in. It turns out that in addition to being connected [...]
Python Dataflow Programming
March 27, 2008 by Isaac
Dataflow programming is something new to me. Lately I’ve been looking up articles and information about this programming paradigm. In a sense I suppose that I am familiar with the concepts. In Linux I use the pipe “|” a lot to pump data from one program to another. Each program in the stage alters the [...]
Crontab how I love thee
March 21, 2008 by Isaac
Crontab has got to be one of the greatest programs ever written. How in the world did we get along before being able to schedule the periodic execution of commands? Of course when I am setting up a cron job I seldom remember the order of the fields, so at the top of [...]
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