[Baypiggies] Want to test better but need some guidance? Ask these PyTest and Automation experts now

[Grace Law]

Pythonistas,

Have you experienced the frustration of poorly tested software? The pain
from dissatisfied customers, delayed product launches, excessive expense?

Want to test better but don’t know how or who to ask?
Sweat no more! A Testing Panel is happening at PyBay2022
<https://pybay.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=96fe464d2053cde459debaf5f&id=e94f1a3f6a&e=11cf70f035>,
and you get to ask these authorities, many of them are PyTest experts, your
testing questions — NOW!

That’s right, your community organizers thought, talks are great, but what
is even better is a Testing Panel where you, yes you… can potentially ask
our testing panelists, about your testing problems!
Some potential questions:

   - When is it okay to not test?
   - When to use test databases / api’s or mocked objects? Which do you
   prefer?
   - How do you justify the testing budget to your boss?
   - See questions and how people are voting live
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Please vote up and suggest questions
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for our panelists by August 27
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What’s PyBay2022? How else can I participate?

*Glad you asked *😘

PyBay2022
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is the *7th annual regional Python conference* on Saturday, September 10.

It is happening OUTDOORS in San Francisco’s premier food truck park and
ONLINE.

It is your day to learn the latest in Python, update your skills, and
network with other Pythonistas.
Enjoy 25 talks
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from Python luminaries such as Simon Willison, Siddha Ganju, Yury
Selivanov, Glyph Lefkowitz, Robert Nishihara…

Play with new software tools built for Python developers, meet hiring
companies, win books… (yours truly Jeff Fischer is managing this and book
signing 😘 )
<https://pybay.com>
This testing panel is possible because the sponsors below have helped us
expand the conference to two-tracks

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation dedicated to building and
studying reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
State-of-the-art large language models are remarkably capable in a wide
range of domains, but can also be unpredictable, unreliable, and
opaque; so their
research areas
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include natural language
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, human feedback
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, scaling laws
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reinforcement learning, code generation, and interpretability
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For now, they’re primarily focused on research and bottlenecked on
engineering capacity.

Anthropic is a fantastic company to work for, in-person or remote, if
you’re a Python engineer that’s interested in doing lots of research, or a
researcher who does lots of engineering. They also value testing: one of
our panelists, Zac Hatfield Dodds, maintainer of pyTest has recently
relocated from Australia to the Bay Area to work for Anthropic. If that
sounds interesting — join our Bronze Sponsor Anthropic!
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Confluent is another company doing amazing things with data that made the
testing panel possible via their Silver sponsorship.

Interested in learning about event streaming? Come and visit Confluent
Developer at developer.confluent.io
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and find out all about Apache Kafka® and Confluent. You’ll find more than a
dozen free training courses in easy-to-consume modules, along with
tutorials, code samples, articles and more. Whether you’re just getting
started or looking to take your Kafka skills to the next level, Confluent
Developer has what you’re looking for!
Confluent also has a conference where data professionals come to learn
about data streaming on Oct 4–5 in Austin Texas. Learn more and register now
<https://2022.currentevent.io/website/39543/agenda/>
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Can’t wait to sharpen your Python and testing skills?
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* Grace and your dedicated **team of volunteers*
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at PyBay2022*
PyBay2022 is possible because of these sponsors

Many are hiring and building amazing tools for Python developers. Some are
exhibiting at PyBay too. Please thank them by learning more about them and
letting your friends know!
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<https://pybay.com/sponsors-prospectus/> <https://pybay.com>
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