scripting Archives

Developer Tools

A Foray into Mac and Python Automation

A recent scripting spike aimed at automating a workflow led me down a deeper rabbit hole: AppleScript/AppleEvents and Python GUI automations.

Python

Use iTerm2 Scripts to Run Your Software Projects Locally Easier

I found that iTerm2 has a Python API that you can use to write some really useful scripts that make running your software projects locally a lot easier.

Web Apps

Avoid Careless Production Mistakes with Custom Scripts

While you might not be able to prevent accidentally ruining data in production, you can put up roadblocks to reduce the risk. Consider writing custom scripts to avoid making those

Development Practices

Script Away Your Annoyances – Testing a Data Import Process

Let's create a script to automate the testing of a slow, ugly, and brittle data import process into Fedora Commons.

Developer Tools

An Introduction to Scripting Tmux Key Bindings

Scripting Tmux is a very powerful addition to your command line toolset. Here's how to add a Tmux key binding to open the file name under the cursor.

Python

Real-time Generation of Numeric Data Fixtures in IronPython

A detailed description of the reasons behind using IronPython as a scripting engine for dynamic numeric data, and some examples of how it was used.