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3 Common Form Testing Issues (Plus 1 Helpful Tool)
Forms are something that I find myself testing frequently, whether it's an e-commerce checkout page or a new model in the Django admin. The challenge of forms is that users will... Read more
May 28, 2018 -
Culture of Unit Testing
Unit testing is something that deeply divides programmer communities. Nearly everyone agrees that it’s good to have unit tests in place, but some developers question whether the... Read more
January 8, 2018 -
Subtests are the Best
Subtests are the best Testing our code is important. Because developers write bugs, it’s valuable to catch and correct them before the code gets to production so our apps work... Read more
May 29, 2017
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Plan for mistakes as a developer
I Am Not Perfect. I've been programming professionally for 25 years, and the most important thing I have learned is this: I am fallible. I am very fallible. In fact, I make mi... Read more
January 30, 2017 -
Ship It Day Q1 2017
Last Friday, Caktus set aside client projects for our regular quarterly ShipIt Day. From gerrymandered districts to RPython and meetup planning, the team started off 2017 with ... Read more
January 18, 2017 -
Better Testing With Less Code (PyCon 2016 Must-See Talk: 2/6)
Part two of six in our annual PyCon Must-See Series, a weekly highlight of talks our staff especially loved at PyCon. With so many fantastic talks, it’s hard to know where to st... Read more
July 13, 2016
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Oct 18 - 15, 2018
TechGirlz - Infographics: Tell Your Story with Graphics!
Caktus Group Tech Space | 108 Morris Street, Durham, NC 27701
Humans are visual creatures. Pictures help us learn, understand, and remember things better. For this reason, more and more businesses are using infographics to persuade their audience, tell a story, and display their data in a graphical way. In this workshop, students will observe that infographics are often used to ... Learn more
Tuesday
Oct 30, 2018 5:30 p.m.
Code for Durham: Civic Hacking Session
Caktus Group Tech Space | 108 Morris St., Suite 1B, Durham, NC 27701
Have fun. Do good. Co-led by CTO Colin Copeland. This evening is like a study hall for ways to improve Durham. Join technologists, designers, developers, data scientists, map makers, and activists who are working on civic technology projects. This night is for those who want to: Work on existing civic ... Learn more