According to the Zen of Python, “There should be one– and preferably only one –obvious way to do it.” It’s a good principle for designing a program: the more ways there are of doing something, the more confusing the software becomes, along with a host of other problems. In reality, though, there almost always is more than one way to accomplish something. The quotation even displays this fact: it places the dash in two different ways, neither of which are the obvious way.
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My Favorite Career Development Book
By Bob Belderbos on 2 May 2020
If there is one career book we could recommend you it’s “So Good They Can’t Ignore You”. In this article some of the main takeaways for me.
Exploring the Mutpy Library and How PyBites Uses it to Verify Test Code
By Harrison Morgan on 9 February 2020
A while back we launched our Test Bites. In this follow up article Harrison explains the MutPy mutation testing tool in depth and how we use it to verify test code on our platform. Enter Harrison.
There’s no Wrong Way… to Eat a Bite of Py
By AJ Kerrigan on 27 November 2019
There are many ways to tackle a Bites of Py exercise, try them all!
You can now hone your testing / pytest skills on our platform
By Bob Belderbos on 18 November 2019
Writing test code is an essential skill. As PyBites we believe writing code is the only solution to becoming a master (Ninja) at programming. The same applies to test code. For that reason we extended our regular exercises with Test Bites. In this article you will read about the feature showcasing it on our first ever Test Bite. We also share some details around implementation and a challenge we hit getting it to work. Enjoy and start honing your testing skills today!
Why whiteboard coding interviews suck and what we’re doing about it.
By Julian Sequeira on 5 June 2019
Whiteboard Interviews are a thing of a past. Introducing the CodeChallenges Recruiting Tier. Time to interview for programming roles the right way.
2 years of PyBites, Our Pythonic Journey and the Creation of an Awesome Community
By PyBites Team on 19 December 2018
Today marks exactly 2 years since we set off on our amazing PyBites journey. In this special post we look back and reflect on what we learned.
How to Test Your Django App with Selenium and pytest
By Bob Belderbos on 22 November 2018
In this article I will show you how to test a Django app with pytest and Selenium. We will test our CodeChalleng.es platform comparing the logged out homepage vs the logged in dashboard. We will navigate the DOM matching elements and more. Overall you should learn enough Selenium and pytest to start testing a web page including a login. Sounds exciting? Let’s dive straight in!
PyBites 1 Year Special – Taking Python Code Challenges to the Next Level …
By PyBites Team on 20 December 2017
A milestone: yesterday, 19th of December 2017, we celebrated our first PyBirthday! That is, PyBites is one year old! We are proud of what we have achieved so far and we are ignited to continue our course of learning and teaching Python with our growing community. A bit of reflection followed by a big announcement! Read on …
Code Challenge 35 – Improve Your Python Code With BetterCodeHub – Review
By PyBites Team on 11 September 2017
In this article we review last week’s Improve Your Python Code With BetterCodeHub code challenge.