Articles by Volodymyr Obrizan

Talk at Kharkiv.py

There is a small community of Python programmers in Kharkiv — Kharkiv.py. The community meets rarely, once every six months. The next meeting will be on February 13 (Saturday), where I’ll talk about using Docker in automated tests in Python.

Besides me, the speakers will be:

— Roman Podoliaka – on …

Richard John’s Book “The Big Eight”

I recently read Richard John’s book “The Big Eight” (112 UAH in electronic form).

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I love books that lay out the formula for success without any beating around the bush. The author interviewed hundreds of successful people, like Bill Gates, Richard Branson, and others, and distilled their successful experience …

Students Don’t Understand the Language

As part of the student success trainings, I’m studying the reasons why students do poorly in their studies. One such reason, which isn’t obvious and which students don’t talk about, is that students don’t understand the language.

I’m not talking about Russian, which all our …

Richard Sheridan’s Book “Joy, Inc.”

I recently read Richard Sheridan’s book “Joy, Inc.” (93 UAH in electronic form).

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In the book, Richard Sheridan talks about the history and day-to-day life of his company, Menlo Innovations", where he works as director and founder.

Hands up, who has their dream job? Yeah, a forest of hands …

Summary of the Twelfth Meeting of the “Python at APVT” Club

On January 23, 2016, the twelfth meeting of the “Python at APVT” club took place. The meeting was held in room 318 from 11:15 to 13:00.

We discussed the basic principles of project management:

  1. Projects should be done in pairs.
  2. Use open repositories.
  3. Do code reviews.
  4. Write tests …

Sam Newman’s Book “Building Microservices”

I recently read Sam Newman’s book “Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems.”

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After reading this book, phrases kept spinning in my head: “paradigm shift,” “disrupt,” “the next big thing.” Most of you are on the other side of the browser and have little interest in the development of internet technologies …

LinkedIn

There’s this social network: LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com). It was conceived as a social network for professionals, where you can find business partners, employees, employers. You know, where in all the photos everyone is supposed to be wearing a tie and radiating cheerfulness, to have a better chance …

Summary of the Eleventh Meeting of the “Python at APVT” Club

On January 9, 2016, the eleventh meeting of the “Python at APVT” club took place. The meeting was held in room 318 from 11:15 to 13:00.

1. Volodymyr Obrizan. Automated Testing of Programs in Python

A distinguishing trait of a professional programmer is having skills in automated code …

Exams

So, students, how’s exam season going? Successfully?

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