Time to begin writing my review...

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of Python Unit Test Automation.

So, of course, to motivate myself to get this done, I will blog whatever bits seem likely to appeal to more than 2 or 3 people.

The first thing that struck me about this book is that Chapter One seems very strange inclusion. It is a very brief, high-level introduction to the Python programming language, aimed at someone who knows almost nothing about it. But...

Is that reader likely to buy a book called Python Unit Test Automation as their first introduction to the language?! Won't they pick up something with a name like Beginning Python or Learn Python in 30 Days? It is hard to avoid the suspicion that Pajankar's book had come up just a little shy of its minimum page count, and so the publisher said, "Why not throw in an intro to Python to start things off?"

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  1. Ken B12:12 AM

    Some organizations have build-masters, who wouldn't need to actually code Python but might need familiarity with the automated testing apparatus for example.

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    1. gcallah10:42 PM

      Yes, it's still hard to see what this intro chapter would do for them.

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