Setting up Django Integration Testing with Cypress
Finding a solution to integration testing in Django.
Nick Buonincontri
Nick is the former Programmer at the Center for Teaching and Learning. He has worked in diverse roles at Columbia University for ten+ years, starting at the CTL in 2015. His favorite prime number is 233.
Getting Started with Cypress
Integration testing web applications in the browser has always been a challenge. Cypress unique architecture offers a different way.
Stats Interactives: CSS Transitions
Using CSS transitions to animate layout changes.
Protecting Django Model Instances
How to protect arbitrary Django model instances.
Netcat Tricks
Useful things to do with Netcat.
Better Sed with Perl
Though sed has facilities to manage multi-line operations, they can be hard to understand initially. Perl can offer an easier set of tools.
Dev-sys-ops-admin? Part 1
At the CTL we have about two dozen utility machines spread over 6 physical locations, as well as another three dozen or so staff laptops. Managing updates, user accounts, and printers for all these machines is not only a big job, but also one of many small repetitive steps—which makes it ripe for automation. Having been exposed to DevOps practices at the CTL, I wanted to find a way to corral all these machines in a sustainable way.