silkie VS pytest-watch

[metadata] name = silkie version = 1.0.7 ... description = Static site generator with the smoothness of silk long_description = file: README.md long_description_content_type = text/markdown url = https://github.com/oliver-pham/silkie project_urls = Bug Tracker = https://github.com/oliver-pham/silkie/issues classifiers = Programming Language :: Python :: 3 License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License Operating System :: OS Independent [options] packages = silkie python_requires = >=3.9 install_requires = click >= 8.0.0 markdown >= 3.3.0 yattag >= 1.14.0 python-frontmatter >= 1.0.0 [options.entry_points] console_scripts = silkie = silkie.cli:silkie

Last week, I already set up some automation tests for Silkie, my static site generator (SSG). Instead of running tests manually on each Pull Request (PR), I made an attempt to configure GitHub Actions to automate this Continuous Integration (CI) workflow. Moreover, I also helped my friend, Luke, add a test case to his SSG this week.

According to my parter's issue, I create a new test file named. I pull a new PR, the partner's Actions passed it. Before that, I found that many projects have the function of automatic error checking. I wonder how to do it. After lab9, I also created my own GitHub actions. I'm very excited.

After setting up static analysis tools last week, it's time to configure a testing framework for Continuous Integration (CI). There are several options for Silkie, my work-in-progress static site generator, but I decided to give Pytest a try. In this blog, I'll show you how I set up:

If you are tired of maintaining your coding style, I have good news for you. Fortunately, there are developer tools that can automate and streamline mundane development tasks. In this blog, I'll show you how I integrated 2 static code analysis tools and a package manager for pre-commit hooks into Silke, my work-in-progress static site generator.

After wandering the world of static site generators (SSG), I came across an eye-catching, well-documented, and developer-friendly one focusing on documentation sites: Docusaurus. After diving a bit deeper into their documentation, I realized they have many out-of-the-box features, which I can try integrating into Silke, an SSG I wrote from scratch.

This week, I noticed that some functions in my static site generator (SSG) were hardcoded with complex logic and "magic values", so I decided to focus on refactoring them. Without cleaning them up, maintaining them would be a tragedy. For instance, there was a function spanning 36 lines of code with 8 if/elif statements. Some of the statements even have nested if/elif statements themselves. You can find the function referenced in this issue.

This week on my Open Source journey, I attempted to add support for JSON formatted configuration files for an open source Static Site Generator (SSG). The owner of the repo, Tengzhen, also contributed the same feature to my SSG, Silkie. However, I made a step forward by testing his code from a tracking branch before merging it.

After establishing Markdown support for my static site generator (SSG), I decided to enable parsing Markdown horizontal rules along with HTML document language support. However, I developed the two features on separate branches this time, so I could switch between the two if I encountered any obstacle. Little did I know the obstacle was awaiting me at the end.

As for Eugene, he also contributed the same feature to Silkie, my SSG. I noticed his code might need to be fixed and refactored, so we worked together on both Slack and GitHub to resolve those issues. Given our time constraint and Eugene's lack of experience with Python, it was a success that we managed to add a new feature without breaking the existing ones.

What if you are working on a particular file/function, and want to run a single test over and over again while you fix a bug? There is a zero-config CLI tool that runs pytest, and re-runs it when a file in your project changes. It beeps on failures and can run arbitrary commands on each passing and failing test run. You can install it using the following command.

pytest-watch is a zero-config CLI tool that runs pytest, and re-runs it when a file in your project changes

After quick googling I found pytest-watch utility which should solve exactly this problem. I installed this package and tried to use it in my project. But unfortunately it wouldn't run due to config parsing error (pyproject.toml). The config file itself seemed to be valid because I can run pytest and other tools without issues. I explored repository page on github and found that the last commit is dated 2019. There were also open issues without any replies from maintainers so it seems that this project is not maintained.