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SE Radio 589: Zac Hatfield-Dodds on Property-Based Testing in Python

SE Radio 589: Zac Hatfield-Dodds on Property-Based Testing in Python

FromSoftware Engineering Radio - the podcast for professional software developers


SE Radio 589: Zac Hatfield-Dodds on Property-Based Testing in Python

FromSoftware Engineering Radio - the podcast for professional software developers

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Length:
57 minutes
Released:
Nov 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Zac Hatfield-Dodds, the Assurance Team Lead at Anthropic, speaks with host Gregory M. Kapfhammer about property-based testing techniques and how to use them in an open-source tool called Hypothesis. They discuss how to define properties for a Python function and implement a test case in Hypothesis. They also explore some of the advanced features in Hypothesis that can automatically generate a test case and perform fuzzing campaigns.
Released:
Nov 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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Software Engineering Radio is a podcast targeted at the professional software developer. The goal is to be a lasting educational resource, not a newscast. SE Radio covers all topics software engineering. Episodes are either tutorials on a specific topic, or an interview with a well-known character from the software engineering world. All SE Radio episodes are original content — we do not record conferences or talks given in other venues. Each episode comprises two speakers to ensure a lively listening experience. SE Radio is brought to you by the IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Software magazine.