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Meu primeiro post em Português – Venha workar na globo.com

heynemann — Mon, 18 May 2009 01:41:06 GMT

Dear reader, if you don't understand this post that's alright. This post is in portuguese and aimed at Brazilians. Please disregard if you don't fit in those categories. Caros leitores Brasileiros, Você quer trabalhar com o melhor que a tecnologia pode...(read more)

Grape release of Pynq is out there!!!

heynemann — Fri, 15 May 2009 03:25:00 GMT

Grape release of Pynq is out! You can grab it in the usual places ( Installing Pynq ) . I’ll go over all the details of this new release, but first I’d like to introduce the HOTTEST feature of this new release: DOCUMENTATION ! Pynq now has comprehensive...(read more)

Pynq, Scribbler, Skink, PyoC and Pyccuracy

heynemann — Sat, 02 May 2009 20:45:36 GMT

Introduction Wow, that’s a big title. In approximately 2 months of python coding I already collected 5 projects to manage and nurture. Pyccuracy – The first one, a port of Stormwind Accuracy for .Net – a BDD Acceptance Testing framework. PyoC – A port...(read more)

Audio Acceptance Testing

heynemann — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:07:00 GMT

What's more natural than speaking? This is why Pyccuracy will now support audio BDD Acceptance Testing. From version 0.5.0 onwards, you'll be able to just shout your tests at the test engine. Just Shout it Whenever you need a test done, use your voice...(read more)

People behind the software

heynemann — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:31:17 GMT

How many open source tools you use? Cool, now of how many of those you actually know who’s behind them. By knowing I mean a face, a name and some bio on the person. I expect the answer to be just a few or none, right? Pyccuracy sets the example Well you...(read more)

Pyccuracy Release 0.4 IS OUT!

heynemann — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:04:33 GMT

After a lot of hardwork by the team , the new release is out! Go ahead, try it, find what you don’t like and tell us. Release Notes for 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4 (it’s worth mentioning that the docs for all of them are in www.pyccuracy.org as well): Release Notes...(read more)

Finding out if a given selector (XPATH, ID or Whatever) is Enabled in Selenium

heynemann — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:43:00 GMT

I just spent a whole day trying to figure out how to define if a given element (defined using an xpath) is an enabled (i.e. not disabled) element in "Selenese", using Python bindings. Finally cracked it: def is_element_enabled(self, element): script =...(read more)

Pyccuracy 0.2dev-r934 RELEASED!

heynemann — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:50:13 GMT

Pyccuracy 0.2dev-r934 has been released. It has been a lot of work, but it’s done! Release Notes - Pyccuracy - Version 0.2 Bug [ PYCCURACY-91 ] - Running tests in linux was killing the wrong process (selenium) Improvement [ PYCCURACY-90 ] - Remove all...(read more)

Am I that stupid?

heynemann — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:26:00 GMT

God am I frustrated. It’s 3 am and I’ve been trying to setup a decent Python environment in Ubuntu since 10 am yesterday! Well, I gotta say that I’m very well impressed with Ubuntu, though. It’s a pretty cool OS with an awesome user experience. My problems...(read more)

Pyccuracy 0.1.0

heynemann — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:14:30 GMT

First of all I want to say that I’m sorry for the infamous name that I gave this project, but I simple couldn’t resist converting Accuracy to Pyccuracy (watch out for Accuruby, lol). Anyway, the project is here. I got almost a version that could be released,...(read more)

Django Gotchas

heynemann — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:08:26 GMT

Hey guys, I´m in Python land now! Doing Django development! Thought I’d share some gotchas I got. I’m reading the very good book “The Definitive Guide to Django – Web Development Done Right”, and since it’s a little outdated I got some issues that I thought...(read more)

Forms, Repeatable Items, MVC, Validation, JSON – Phew, I got it!

heynemann — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:35:09 GMT

Introduction Following my last post , I want to introduce what I was really working in. A multi-item templated client-side mechanism. Fancy name, huh? The idea is that in a form we have some single-value fields and some multi-value fields. I need both...(read more)

Asp.Net MVC Model Binding

heynemann — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:49:35 GMT

Introduction I´m doing a JQuery based component for dynamic rows using Asp.Net MVC. What that means is that the following HTML would get generated: ... < tr > < td > < input type ="text" name ="model.Items[0].Name" /> </ td > <...(read more)

Plans for 2009

heynemann — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 05:06:19 GMT

I think that a post is due, and the time of the year couldn’t be better. Personal News Well, a lot has changed in my life in 2008. Usually I don’t give personal details about my life here in my blog, since I tend to use this space for my tech ramblings....(read more)

Business Rules are tough to read! Are we in Accordance?

heynemann — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:44:24 GMT

Hey, catchy title, huh? Before the flame wars start, I'm not saying that all business rules are poorly written, nor am I saying that I came up with a magic solution. Before I even begin talking about my idea let me give you some background. Background...(read more)

ASP.Net MVC, Windsor and some Singleton trouble

heynemann — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:50:06 GMT

What? I just managed to create Stormwind.Accuracy demo app using ASP.Net MVC (more on that later). The first thing I setup in any project I do is an IoC container. I won't do code without it unless it's a REALLY simple spike. Period. So, there I go setting...(read more)

Accuracy New Release - 0.4.0.127 is out!

heynemann — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:43:00 GMT

Hey guys, it's that time again! Acccuracy just got a new release, and this one is full of goodies! Go on, read the release notes to see what's new, and grab the bits while it's hot! Cheers,...(read more)

Enums + Extension Methods = Sweet

heynemann — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:06:00 GMT

Intro Have you ever wanted to get an enum's description instead of it's ToString() representation? I know I did. Just override ToString()? Enum's don't allow overrides. Just use some method that switches based on the enum value? Switches are evil! Enter...(read more)

Bowling Scorecards - GREAT AGILE Practice

heynemann — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:13:00 GMT

Intro "Wait, are you crazy? Bowling and Agile?" No, dear reader, I'm not crazy. The team I'm working in right now just stumbled over a new technique (not sure if someone else does it, just before people start complaining about copyright infringement)...(read more)

Stormwind.Accuracy - Community Feedback

heynemann — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:01:20 GMT

I know I haven't blogged in a long time, and I didn't intend to break the ice so soon, but I have some acknowledgments to make. First of all I'd like to say that the feedback I'm getting on Stormwind.Accuracy is brilliant! People are really loving it....(read more)

Book, Book blog and YES I AM ALIVE

heynemann — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:28:00 GMT

I know it has been a long time, but I have been doing several things at the same time. One of them is the reason for this post. I've started writing a book on reducing friction. Friction meaning the kind of things that slow down software development projects,...(read more)

Stormwind.Accuracy 0.3.0 - GRAB WHILE IT'S HOT

heynemann — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:13:45 GMT

Hey my three readers? How have you guys been? Hope you're good! :) It's that time again! The time when I come back from a long "non-writing" period. Usually when I'm not writing blog posts it means I'm working on something. This time I've been working...(read more)

Stormwind Project - Maturity Point

heynemann — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:18:31 GMT

I've been doing Stormwind work since 4th September, 2007 . The projects we are managing in Stormwind started around the beginning of 2006, though. It's been a very rewarding experience all over. When we started (me and Claudio Figueiredo ), we were not...(read more)

WCF Service Extreme Make-over - Part 3

heynemann — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:08:25 GMT

IMPORTANT: It's really important that you read part 1 and part 2 before reading Part 3. I'll assume you did, so a lot might not make any sense unless you've read it. Introduction So in the previous two posts, we've established how we wanted to use and...(read more)

WCF Service Extreme Make-over - Part 2

heynemann — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:01:58 GMT

IMPORTANT: It's really important that you read this post before reading Part 2. I'll assume you did, so a lot might not make any sense unless you've read it. Introduction Ok, in last post we decided on the following desired features for our WCF Services:...(read more)