The Story of Sinon.PY

This talk shares lessons from an unsuccessful open source project to help you avoid common pitfalls before you even start.

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1. Why do projects fail? Let's talk about the story of Sinon.PY 1 Kir Chou @ pycon 2017
2. 2 For any level audiences slightly subjective experience sharing
3. Who am I? Kir Chou •Full-stack web application engineer •Python with less than 3 years experience note35 kir.chou 3
4. 4 Why do projects fail? What do the community need? Let’s think about another thing…
5. 5 Let's talk about the story of Sinon.PY Since 2016 Oct.
6. 6 Motivation Every projects must have a
7. 7 Python unittest.mock
8. DOC 8
9. 9 Javascript Sinon.JS
10. DOC 10
11. 11 Python unittest.mock Javascript Sinon.JS Ugly interface and difficult to use Hard to understand Unfriendly document for beginner Nice interface and easy to use Relatively clear to understand Friendly document for beginner
13. 13 Demo
14. Schedule 14 Oct – Researched Nov – Prototyping Dec – Developed Core Jan – Refined Core with Testcase Feb – Made API Documentation
15. 15 Footprints in the sand show where one has been Silly question on StackOverflow forced-assign-value-to-function-call
16. Footprints in the sand show where one has been 16 Silly question on StackOverflow forced-assign-value-to-function-call
17. Researched and Prototyping 17 Python Core •get/set/hasattr… •reload •weakref Python OOD/P •descriptor, decorator Open Source •PyPI •Travis CI •Coverage •Sphinx •Pylint
18. Feedback form community? 18 •Click to add text
21. 21 Why do project fail?
22. 22 What do the community need? Python https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzfHjytDceU
23. 23 Before implementing your idea 1. Reading exist projects 2. Discussing with experienced pythonist
24. 24 Principle Don't reinvent the wheel If there is a car, learning how to drive it
25. 25 Don't reinvent the wheel If there is a car, learning how to drive it Provisos You plan on learning more about the wheels The project has a strong and experienced team
26. 26 Don’t be afraid of joining the communities
27. Q&A 27