Behind the Scenes of tox: The Journey of Rewriting a Python Tool with Over 10 Million Monthly Downloads
3:00pm - 3:28pm on Friday, October 6Jürgen Gmach
Description
tox is a widely-used tool for automating testing in Python. In this talk, we will go behind the scenes of the creation of tox 4, the latest version of the tool. We will discuss the motivations for the rewrite, the challenges and lessons learned during the development process. We will have a look at the new features and improvements introduced in tox 4. But most importantly, you will get to know the maintainers and their motivation.