Tuesday

Objectives

  • Learn about the heap data structure and its properties
  • Understand how to start a Pyramid project
  • Get familiar with how Pyramid works at a high level
  • Learn the way that database sessions are connected to the request/response cycle in Pyramid
  • Establish a model for testing database models within the world of pytest

Review

Concepts

  • Getting Started with Pyramid

    • Installing Pyramid
    • Additional Packages Used by Pyramid
    • Writing a “hello world” app
    • Using the pcreate function to create a scaffold
    • Using the pshell command to work interactively

  • Understanding the layout of a Pyramid Project

    • What files are created in a scaffold
    • Pyramid apps as “distributions”
    • Pyramid’s use of “entry points”

  • Database Sessions

    • Scoped sessions and the request/response cycle
    • Understanding session management and transactions

  • Testing with Databases, pytest and fixtures.

    • Strategies for testing “models”
    • Creating fixtures to manage database sessions
    • Differences between testing and running