8th December 2021

Coding⚑

Python⚑

GitPython⚑

• New: Clone a repository.

  from git import Repo
  
  Repo.clone_from(git_url, repo_dir)
  

Python Snippets⚑

• New: Capture the stdout of a function.

  import io
  from contextlib import redirect_stdout
  
  f = io.StringIO()
  with redirect_stdout(f):
      do_something(my_object)
  out = f.getvalue()
  

• New: Make temporal directory.

  import tempfile
  
  dirpath = tempfile.mkdtemp()
  

• New: Change the working directory of a test.

  import unittest
  import os
  
  from src.main import get_cwd
  
  class TestMain(unittest.TestCase):
  
      def test_get_cwd(self):
          os.chdir('src')
          print('testing get_cwd()')
          current_dir = get_cwd()
          self.assertIsNotNone(current_dir)
          self.assertEqual(current_dir, 'src')
  

Poetry⚑

• New: Debugging why a package is not updated to the latest version.
• New: Checking what package is using a dependency.
• New: Try to use pass as a keyring backend to store the PYPI token.

DevOps⚑

Continuous Integration⚑

Dependency managers⚑

• Correction: Deprecate in favour of Poetry.