[python-uk] Suggestions / best practices for deployment

[Peter Inglesby]

> 
> It's REALLY useful to have a small set of "functional tests" which can
> be run in a live web app.  For example, for an online purchase
> process, you might have a selenium test which steps right through a
> purchase using a known "only for tests" account or credit card number.
> And it's an absolute lifesaver to have a bunch of CSS/JS URLs you hit
> to verify a 200, so you don't go live with half your javascript
> missing due to some static/media mixup in a settings file.
> 
> Once you have something like this, you can quickly check that your
> deployment (whether to UAT, staging or live) actually worked.
> 
> I don't know what this kind of testing is called though ;-)
> 

Sounds like "smoke testing" to me.