CodeInvestigator version 0.14.0

[hans moleman]

CodeInvestigator version 0.14.0 was released on August 6.

Required Python version: >= 2.6 and < 3.0

Changes:
Unicode characters.
They are handled better.

Performance changes:
The database is written more efficiently, so that recording
takes less time.
Performance tip: deleting ALL runs at the same time is
fastest; I then initialize the database.

CodeInvestigator is a tracing tool for Python programs.

Running a program through CodeInvestigator creates a recording.
Program flow, function calls, variable values and conditions are all
stored for every line the program executes.
The recording is then viewed with an interface consisting of the
code. The code can be clicked: A clicked variable displays its
value,
a clicked loop displays its iterations.
You read code, and have at your disposal all the run time details of
that code. A computerized desk check tool and another way to learn
about your program.

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=183942
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ANN: oejskit 0.8.6 JavaScript in-browser testing and utility kit with plugin for py.test 1.0 final

[Samuele Pedroni]

0.8.6 fixes some last minute compatibility issues with py.test 1.0 
final, it also includes experimental glue code to be used just with 
plain standard library unittest.py


about the latter see this post to testing in python:

http://lists.idyll.org/pipermail/testing-in-python/2009-July/002119.html

About OE jskit:

jskit contains infrastructure and in particular a py.test plugin to
enable running unit tests for JavaScript code inside browsers. The
plugin requires py.test 1.0

The approach also enables to write integration tests such that the
JavaScript code is tested against server-side Python code mocked as
necessary. Any server-side framework that can already be exposed through
WSGI can play.

More information and downloading at:

http://pypi.python.org/pypi/oejskit

including a changelog, documentation and the talk I gave at Europython.

jskit was initially developed by Open End AB and is released under the
MIT license.

In various incarnations it has been in use and useful at Open End for
more than a year, we are quite happy to share it.

Samuele Pedroni for Open End





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The BACON-PIG flies again: August 24

[Stephen Waterbury]

The next meeting of the BACON-PIG (The Baltimore, Annapolis,
Columbia, and Other Northern dc suburbs Python Interest Group)
will occur at the following spacetime coordinates:

   Time:   6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
   Space:  Howard County Central Library, Columbia, MD

Google Map link:


Monitor the BACON-PIG web site for more details and agenda:


Area Pythonistas are encouraged to join the BACON-PIG list:


Cheers,
Steve Waterbury

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ANN: eGenix pyOpenSSL Distribution 0.9.0-0.9.8k now also in .egg format

[eGenix Team: M.-A. Lemburg]

ANNOUNCING

   eGenix.com pyOpenSSL Distribution

  Version 0.9.0-0.9.8k


 An easy to install and use repackaged distribution
   of the pyOpenSSL Python interface for OpenSSL -
  available on Windows, Mac OS X and Unix platforms


This announcement is also available on our web-site for online reading:
http://www.egenix.com/company/news/eGenix-pyOpenSSL-Distribution-0.9.0-0.9.8k-1-Update.html



INTRODUCTION

The eGenix.com pyOpenSSL Distribution includes everything you need to
get started with SSL in Python. It comes with an easy to use installer
that includes the most recent OpenSSL library versions in pre-compiled
form.

pyOpenSSL is an open-source Python add-on (http://pyopenssl.sf.net/)
that allows writing SSL aware networking applications as well as
certificate management tools.

OpenSSL is an open-source implementation of the SSL protocol
(http://www.openssl.org/).

For more information, please see the product page:

http://www.egenix.com/products/python/pyOpenSSL/



NEWS

Due to popular demand, we've added .egg file versions for Windows
and Linux to the available download options. This should make things
easier for people using e.g. zc.buildout and other egg-file based
installers.

As always, binaries include both pyOpenSSL and the necessary OpenSSL
libraries.



DOWNLOADS

The download archives and instructions for installing the package can
be found at:

http://www.egenix.com/products/python/pyOpenSSL/



UPGRADING

Before installing this version of pyOpenSSL, please make sure that
you uninstall any previously installed pyOpenSSL version. Otherwise,
you could end up not using the included OpenSSL libs.

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SUPPORT

Commercial support for these packages is available from eGenix.com.
Please see

http://www.egenix.com/services/support/

for details about our support offerings.

Enjoy,
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RunPON 0.3

[Davide Alberani]

RunPON 0.3 can be downloaded from here:
  http://erlug.linux.it/~da/soft/runpon/
  http://bitbucket.org/alberanid/runpon/ (mercurial repository)

RunPON is a small Python program useful to run the pon/poff scripts.
It shows the elapsed connection time and periodically checks if a given 
network interface is still active.
It can run as a stand-alone application (with a status icon in the tray) 
or as a Gnome panel applet (and compatible panels).

Obviously, modifying its configuration, it can run any program you like.

It's still under heavy development, and so far its configuration is
still hard-coded.  If you want to help, please contact me at:
  da (AT) erlug.linux.it


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pylib/py.test 1.0.0 released

[holger krekel]

Hi all, 

i am happy to announce pylib/py.test 1.0.0, a MIT-licensed
library geared towards advanced testing and elastic distributed
programming with Python.  It features the mature cross-project 
py.test automated testing tool with many new features, aiming to: 

* allow writing zero-boilerplate automated tests in Python 
* offer strong debugging and reporting of test failures
* rapidly run and ad-hoc distribute tests to multiple CPUs/platforms 
* support unit-, functional and integration testing
* be easy to extend and tackle growing testing needs,
  (current prime example oejskit, a live-browser javascript 
  unittesting 3rd party plugin)

Please check things out at: http://pytest.org or read the blogged 
release announcement: 

   http://tetamap.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/pylib-1-0-0

or read on for some ... 

Distinctive new features shipping with py.test 1.0.0
--

For those already knowing about the older 0.9.2 release or
being experienced with other testing approaches i'll try to
give a summary of the distinctive testing features 
shipping with 1.0.0:

* test function arguments ("funcargs"):  With this, python test 
  functions can name arguments and one writes factory functions to
  provide instances for such "fixture" arguments.  This page 

http://codespeak.net/py/dist/test/funcargs.html

  contains reference info and tutorial examples. 
  Test function arguments also allow for natural test parametrization - 
  one provides several different argument values, 
  no changes to the test function needed, no magic "yield" for
  generating tests anymore - although 1.0 still allows them and
  of course still supports traditional xUnit-style setup_module/class/function
  or (new) direct runs of unittest.TestCase style tests. 

* distributed testing: distributing test runs among Linux/OSX/Windows 
  hosts and across python-2.4 till python-2.6 interpreters 
  works reasonably stable now.  This means that you can easily 
  iron out test-module/function specific problems across a 
  variety of platforms, accelerating the change & test feedback cycle.  

* xfail: a new way to mark tests as "expected to fail" which
  means they run normally but are reported/counted specially. 
  This "xfail" mark is meant to mark missing / wrong implementation 
  rather than missing dependencies / wrong platforms for which one
  uses "skip".  Especially for larger test suites making 
  this distinction is very helpful. 

* IO-capturing: output of test functions is captured per-test, 
  by default including any output from sub processes. 
  This works on all platforms and also (now) interacts well 
  with the logging module without importing/using it itself so 
  there are no interferences. 

* pastebin: new command line option "--pastebin" to send your test 
  session output or individual test failures to the Pocoo pastebin 
  service and prints out URLs.  Convenient for quick IRC/messaging 
  communication. 

* plugins: it is now easy to write plugins by implementing one 
  or more of the 37 hooks which py.test calls to implement 
  the testing process. There are many examples, among them  
  the "oejskit" plugin which integrates testing of javascript 
  code in real-life browsers into a regular test run.  
  Apart from such separately distributed "cross-project" plugins 
  you can also write per-project plugins/extensions that lives
  with your testing code.  

cheers & have fun,
holger

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