Comments on: Crowd Authentication for Google’s AppEngine http://diversions.nfshost.com/blog/2008/04/14/crowd-authentication-for-googles-appengine/ Notes on things I'm thinking and doing Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:55:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Tom Davies http://diversions.nfshost.com/blog/2008/04/14/crowd-authentication-for-googles-appengine/#comment-1764 Tom Davies Sat, 03 May 2008 02:12:06 +0000 http://diversions.nfshost.com/blog/2008/04/14/crowd-authentication-for-googles-appengine/#comment-1764 <p>Thanks for the tip -- I've been using Komodo -- I'll see if Pydev and Pylint suit me better.</p> Thanks for the tip — I’ve been using Komodo — I’ll see if Pydev and Pylint suit me better.

]]> By: Heikki Toivonen http://diversions.nfshost.com/blog/2008/04/14/crowd-authentication-for-googles-appengine/#comment-1755 Heikki Toivonen Fri, 02 May 2008 19:21:53 +0000 http://diversions.nfshost.com/blog/2008/04/14/crowd-authentication-for-googles-appengine/#comment-1755 <p>When I started out with Python (I had extensive C++ background before that) I also found out I hated the situation when I made typos and found those much later when running my code. However, I solved my problems by using a couple of strategies:</p> <ul> <li>Use Pydev plugin for Eclipse and configure Pydev to use Pylint</li> <li>Write lots and lots of unit tests</li> </ul> <p>The first of these catches most of my typos right there as I make them (and a lot of other errors too), and also provides a pretty good code completion support. I've never relied on code completion with any language, so I don't actually see 100% support as a big deal.</p> <p>The second point is good regardless of the programming language, but due to Python's nature I feel unit tests can cover some of the things you'd otherwise expect a compiler to do. And because Python makes it really easy to create and run unit tests it is a win-win in my opinion.</p> When I started out with Python (I had extensive C++ background before that) I also found out I hated the situation when I made typos and found those much later when running my code. However, I solved my problems by using a couple of strategies:

  • Use Pydev plugin for Eclipse and configure Pydev to use Pylint
  • Write lots and lots of unit tests

The first of these catches most of my typos right there as I make them (and a lot of other errors too), and also provides a pretty good code completion support. I’ve never relied on code completion with any language, so I don’t actually see 100% support as a big deal.

The second point is good regardless of the programming language, but due to Python’s nature I feel unit tests can cover some of the things you’d otherwise expect a compiler to do. And because Python makes it really easy to create and run unit tests it is a win-win in my opinion.

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