Daniel Arbuckle - Learning Python testing : a straightforward and easy approach to testing your Python projects

Daniel Arbuckle received his PhD. degree in Computer Science from the University of Southern California in 2007. He is an active member of the Python community and an avid unit tester.

I would like to thank Grig, Titus, and my family for their companionship and encouragement along the way.

Tarun Behal is a fervent software developer currently living in Delhi, India. After starting his career in the field of IT, where he worked as an ERP consultant, he's now a web application developer with interests ranging from architecture to designing web applications delivering great user experience. He's passionate about open source technologies and web applications, and contributes to communities.

Tarun went to Uttar Pradesh Technical University (India) and graduated with a Bachelor of Technology degree in Information Technology. He now works for Nagarro Software Pvt. Ltd, a leading service-based IT company.

The quickest way to reach him is via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarunbehal.

I feel much honored to have been asked to review this book. This was an amazing experience for me, as I learned a lot at the same time, and I am sure you will too.

I'd like to thank my family specially my brother, Varun, and my colleagues Shipra, Denis, Prabhansh, Prafful, Shubham, Arun, Mansi, and Rachita for their constant support and motivation. Also, I would like to thank all the members of the Python community.

Johnson M. R. Chetty is an avid open data proponent. He works primarily with Python, JavaScript, and Linux to enable end-to-end solutions.

Working with real-world data to meet objectives is something that he finds challenging and likes to grapple with. His primary focus is on areas such as data visualization, data analysis, Semantic Web, GIS, systems deployment and scaling (Linux), mentoring, and project management. He has worked with Gnowledge Lab (Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR), GISE Lab (IIT Bombay), NCERT, ChaloBEST, CAMP, ZLemma, and Wishtel among others.

He was a mentor for Google Summer of Code 2012 for the GNOWSYS platforma GNU/Linux project.

He is interested in technology, scientific data, economics, and looking at the world to know where it's currently headed. You will also find him keenly following advances in Brain Science, AI, GIS, Semantic Web, and Internet of Things.

He likes to think of himself as a budding musician and a novice economist.

For more information on his work, kindly visit http://johnc.in. You can also find his LinkedIn profile at http://johnc.in/linkedin and Google Plus profile at http://johnc.in/gplus.

Jesus, Mr. Michael Susai Chetty, and Mrs. Regina Mary deserve a round of applause for managing to put up with a son like me and for giving me all the love and freedom in the world. I would like to thank them for giving me everything I have.

Brian Escribano has over 11 years' experience working in the fields of education, TV, and games. He builds world-class character rigs and animation pipelines for companies such as Nickelodeon, Mirada, Spark Unlimited, and BioWare. With his deep scripting knowledge in Python and MEL, Brian brings a wealth of expertise and experience to any team he works with.

Piyush Gururani is a programmer and core developer working in Mumbai, India. His work has revolved around making applications for large touch screens in Qt, developing a closed source SDK to allow third-party developers to make applications for large touch screens, and designing backend architecture for content and real-time notification delivery in Python and Node.js. He has worked as a senior developer and consultant to start-ups in India and UK.

I would like to acknowledge my mother and father for their efforts in my upbringing and education.

Marko Klemetti (@mrako) is a father, leader, and developer. He is currently the head of the leading Finnish Devops unit in Eficode (http://www.eficode.com). With his team, he changes the way Finnish and multinational organizations create and purchase software. He is also the founder and architect of Trail (http://www.entertrail.com), an internationally successful solution for social asset management.

Marko has specialized in bringing efficiency to large software production environments by applying modern software development practices and tools, such as Continuous Delivery (CD) and Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD). With his two decades of software development experience, he is able to engage both executives and developers in process change. Marko is passionate about making programming both fun and productive at the same time.

Sean Robinson is an award-winning graduate from the University of South Wales, who originally trained as a game developer using C and C++. He was headhunted out of the university to run the development arm of LexAble, a company making assistive technology to help those with dyslexia.

As a lead engineer in the start-up, Sean embarked on an ambitious training regime, teaching himself Mac development, software testing, leadership, coaching, mentoring, and project management in order to best serve the company. Sean has also been responsible for establishing many company policies, including testing, security, code quality, a developer hiring procedure, project management, version control, and ticket management.

Looking for a new challenge, Sean has recently joined a new team and is refocussing his energies on web development.