Python: discover the type of an object
This seems a simple enough question: How can I discover the type of any given Python object? Suppose Python 2.7 (Python 3 is a different »
Python requests SSL and InsecurePlatformWarning
Every now and then, when using Python 2.7 < 2.7.9 and trying to access SSL resources, especially through the requests toolkit, which seems »
Python Packaging Woes: part 3
A bit of wrap-up after part 1 and part 2 Current state of the things I seem to have missed something: there's now a very active »
Python Packaging Woes - part 2
Check out part 1 for my thoughts on what packaging and dependency management should be. I forgot about this post and left it in a draft »
Python Packaging woes - part 1
This is a spinoff from my Europython 2012 talk (video, slides). Some days ago I got involved in a brief discussion on the topic, so here's »
Unicode and Encoding: Python vs Java Shootout, part 2
So, here we come to our second part; if you did miss the first, it's there. All of the following discussion is relative to Sun Java »
Unicode and encoding: Python vs Java shootout, part 1
Before going on with this post, be sure you've read The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets »
Unit testing with Twisted: testing protocols
I had some hard time when testing Twisted protocols. Although they should be decoupled from factories, most examples I could find, including those from the »
Using trial as test runner with zc.buildout
I've found a good way to launch tests using Twisted Trial in a zc.buildout enabled project. I was in fear of needing a full-fledged recipe »