annathepiper

annathepiper, 10 months ago to python

#SDET here working on her coding practice between contracts. Looking for help with configuring tests in #Python to run in a #pytest suite, since I'm new to pytest and I'm learning its nuances. What I want to do is run a setup method before all of the tests in the class fire off, but NOT before each method, just when the class is launched.

What is the recommended best practice for how to do that? Thanks in advance for any advice!

annathepiper, 10 months ago to Skyrim

Doing more #Skyrim mod experimentation right now and HOLY SHIT. Apparently, with the right combo of mods, you can in fact make a hot Dunmer character. ;D

annathepiper, 10 months ago to ElderScrollsOnline

In which Gyllerah helps the Ebonheart Pact defend itself from the Covenant in Davon's Watch; helps followers of Hermaeus Mora recover stolen artifacts; makes a deal with the Daedric Prince to help him defend Apochrypha; answers the call of Azura to help find missing oracles in her service; and helps protect an abbey of Azura followers from attack by enemy cultists and bandits.

#ElderScrollsOnline #AnnaPlaysSkyrim

https://skyrim.annathepiper.org/2023/07/12/in-which-gyllerah-aids-the-ebonheart-pact-hermaeus-mora-and-oracles-of-azura/

annathepiper, 10 months ago to Skyrim

In which the Argonian Finds-The-Way escapes a dragon attack at Helgen, and is recruited by the Jarl of Whiterun to recover a Dragonstone from Bleak Falls Barrow.

New playthrough, featuring running in the #German language! Expect a lot of language geekery and very long compound nouns.

This is a mod-free playthrough, and I will also be tracking how many Achievements I rack up, since I haven't done that before in Skyrim.

#Skyrim #AnnaPlaysSkyrim

https://skyrim.annathepiper.org/2023/07/12/in-which-finds-the-way-finds-her-way-out-of-helgen/

annathepiper, 10 months ago to Skyrim

And here's Finds-the-Way, the Argonian I will be running in my German #Skyrim playthrough. She is in fact the first Argonian I've run in any Elder Scrolls game to date!

annathepiper, 10 months ago to skyrimmods

A writeup of final thoughts on the various mods I ran in Harrowhark's now canceled playthrough, calling out which ones I want to keep for the future, which ones I'm ambivalent about, and which ones I'm definitely ditching.

#SkyrimMods #Skyrim #AnnaPlaysSkyrim

https://skyrim.annathepiper.org/2023/07/10/mods-review-for-harrowharks-run/

annathepiper, 10 months ago to github

#Github question for my fellow #SDET or dev folks out there:

Now that I'm waking up my demo projects on my Github again and poking at several other repos of code I last looked at in 2019, I'm seeing a bunch of fancy little badges in various Readmes. I saw when searching for info that these are called code repository badges, but there are also TONS of them out there and I'm not finding clear instruction on how to get and use them.

Does anyone have code repository badges they specifically use and like? If so, any pointers on how to use them? I'm considering putting appropriate ones into my projects.

Thanks in advance!

annathepiper, 10 months ago to python

Hey, any fellow SDETs (or devs) out there who know #Python:

I'm working on upgrading my Python Selenium demo code on my Github, and I'm still running those tests using nose 1.3.7. Which is super old and not maintained anymore.

Who has recommendations as to what Python test framework I should use instead? I see some options out there but I'd like to hear from people with hands on current experience as to which Python test frameworks are best to use with modern code.

annathepiper, 10 months ago to random

I'm still an SDET looking for a new position, so if anybody monitoring this tag is interested in hiring an SDET to work on automation, I have code examples of what I know how to do up on my Github. I'm refreshing projects originally posted for my 2019 job search and making sure that same code still runs in 2023 versions of the involved tools: Docker, IntelliJ, Selenide, and Maven.

Code examples are in Python, Java, and C#.

You can find my Github right over here:

https://github.com/annathepiper

#GetFediHired

GWillow, 10 months ago to random

Pfff I found this in Skyrim on two different play-throughs

https://komonews.com/news/offbeat/german-archeologists-discover-bronze-age-3000-year-old-sword-so-well-preserved-it-almost-shines-noerdlingen-14th-century-bc-bavaria-state-office-for-the-preservation-of-historical-monuments

annathepiper, 11 months ago to random

With all of this news going around about the sunken submersible (and seriously, I hope they find them, though at this point that seems really, really unlikely), all I can think is:

I've SEEN this episode of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Like, this plot is at least half of them!

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/383228249525076849/

annathepiper, 11 months ago to Skyrim

In which the Dragonborns interrupt a summoning ritual in Wolfskull Cave; steal some wine for an Argonian, and then trail him through the East Empire Company Warehouse and Brinewater Grotto; extinguish a lighthouse fire; and report back to the Thieves Guild with what they learned from Gulum-Ei.

#SkyrimTogetherReborn #Skyrim #AnnaPlaysSkyrim

https://skyrim.annathepiper.org/2023/06/19/in-which-the-dragonborns-interrupt-a-ritual-and-infiltrate-a-warehouse/

annathepiper, 11 months ago to random

For those of you wondering: yes, the "yay he made it to the authorities in time" ending WAS added on, according to Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_the_Body_Snatchers

#Monsterdon #InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers

DinosaurRobo, 11 months ago to random

The authorities believing him in the end and setting things right feels like a late addition.

If his town really does export big weird crops, you’d expect him to work that into his delusion. #monsterdon

annathepiper, 11 months ago to random

I gotta say, after working with Xcode for four straight years, wow does Visual Studio Community Edition feel clunky.

annathepiper, 11 months ago to random

HELLO, this is interesting, Paramount has decided to make the entire first season of Strange New Worlds available to view for free (but with commercials) on their YouTube channel!

I quite liked SNW season 1, so for my fellow Trekkies out there who don't have a Paramount+ subscription, now's your chance to actually see this particular flavor of Trek. :)

https://www.tor.com/2023/05/31/you-can-now-watch-the-entire-first-season-of-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-for-free/

annathepiper, 1 year ago to random

Gondor calls for aid!

Y'all, I have been informed that my current contract, which has been running since 2019 and throughout the pandemic, now finally has an end date: 5/30/2023. Which means I will be available for work starting in June.

If anybody out there has a need for an experienced SDET, I'd love to hear from you about your position. My current active skillset includes Swift, Xcode, Postman, and Cocoapods. Resume and references available upon request.

Please spread the word! Thanks!

#GetFediHired #FediJobs #LookingForWork

chuckwendig, 1 year ago to random

TODAY'S QUESTION: scariest movie and/or book you'e ever seen slash read

annathepiper, 1 year ago to random

In which Gyllerah helps Indaenir defeat the Shade of Naemon, purge the Valenheart of corruption, and become the new Silvenar of the Bosmer; fights off a Drublog invasion in Velyn Harbor; fights more of the Drublog, only to discover that the Green Lady and the Silvenar have both been captured; and teams up with Lyris Titanborn to uncover the roots of a conspiracy involving witches, werewolves, and vampires threatening Skyrim.

#AnnaPlaysSkyrim #ElderScrollsOnline

https://skyrim.annathepiper.org/2023/04/27/in-which-gyllerah-defeats-the-shade-of-naemon-and-hunts-for-witches/

annathepiper, 1 year ago to random

Call for help from any #ElderScrollsOnline players who:

1. Play on Mac
2. Use the game via Steam
3. Are running a modern version of macOS like Ventura

I'm having trouble getting the Steam overlay functionality to work in ESO, including taking screenshots. I'm doing a workaround of using ESO's built-in screenshot functionality but I prefer using Steam's, just because that's what I do with all the other Elder Scrolls games I play.

Does anyone have this working? If so, can you advise on what you had to do to make it work? I SUSPECT there are questions of the OS being finicky about app permissions, but cannot confirm. Thanks in advance.

annathepiper, 1 year ago to books

What are 5-7 of your favorite authors? Add them as hashtags so we can find each other, boost this, share your own. Etc. Some of mine:

#ElizabethPeters, a.k.a. #BarbaraMichaels
#MaryRobinetteKowal
#DorannaDurgin
#TamsynMuir
#CLPolk
#MarthaWells
#SilviaMorenoGarcia

#bookstodon #reading #WritersOfMastodon