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Thinking About Test Frameworks

Thinking About Test Frameworks

Yesterday, I wrote a post [https://www.graceteng.me/thinking-about-testing] about why and how to write tests, inspired by my recent involvement in a social impact project. The gist of it is that the key purpose of automated tests is to provide fast feedback. I ended the previous post with

Thinking About Testing

Thinking About Testing

Over the course of my last social impact project, I found myself examining many of my own implicit assumptions about testing. I'd like to explore some of them today and share what I've learned. What is a test? This is a simple question, but the first time I heard it

Handling date strings and timezones in JavaScript

Handling date strings and timezones in JavaScript

Here is a simple scenario: you're writing client-side JavaScript. You query an API with a city name, and it returns with a bunch of useful information about the city, including the timezone, in this format: { ... city: "New York", timezone: -18000, ... } You want to use this information to display the local

Le Wagon: Macrotery and Macrotery Redux

Le Wagon: Macrotery and Macrotery Redux

* See Macrotery Redux [https://macrotery-redux.herokuapp.com/] * Github Repo for Macrotery Redux [https://github.com/pelicularities/macrotery-redux] * See Macrotery [https://macrotery.herokuapp.com/] (warning: optimised for mobile, not desktop friendly) * Github Repo for Macrotery [https://github.com/pelicularities/macrotery] About Macrotery Macrotery is a project that originated as a final

Le Wagon: Rent-a-Pokémon and Rent-a-Pokémon Redux

Le Wagon: Rent-a-Pokémon and Rent-a-Pokémon Redux

* See Rent-a-Pokémon Redux [http://rent-a-pokemon-redux.herokuapp.com/] * Github Repo for Rent-a-Pokémon Redux [https://github.com/pelicularities/rent-a-pokemon-redux] * Rent-a-Pokémon [http://rent-a-pokemon-konfs.herokuapp.com/] * Github Repo for Rent-a-Pokémon [https://github.com/konfs/RentAPokemon] About Rent-a-Pokemon At Le Wagon [https://www.lewagon.com/], every student builds an Airbnb clone in five days as