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The document discusses using Python and SQLAlchemy for agile database development. It covers SQLAlchemy concepts like declarative modeling and testing databases. It emphasizes that databases can and should be tested using tools like Nose and SQLAlchemy's testing utilities.

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Agile Technologies and Sqlalchemy

The document discusses using Python and SQLAlchemy for agile database development. It covers SQLAlchemy concepts like declarative modeling and testing databases. It emphasizes that databases can and should be tested using tools like Nose and SQLAlchemy's testing utilities.

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Agile Technologies

and SQLAlchemy

Christopher Perkins
PyWorks 2008
What is Agile?
Adaptive

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Collaborative

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Testing

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What does Python
offer?
Virtualenv

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Paster

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Portability

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And Now For Something
Completely Different

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Thank God for
Python…
Testing
Nose

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Test Discovery
Coverage

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Why Test a Database
Schema?
Because it’s there

Base for majority of your application


Where do we start?

Myth: Databases cannot be tested.

Myth: Testing a database is hard.

Myth: Database testing is SLOW.


SQLAlchemy

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Declarative
Example Model
from sqlalchemy import *
from sqlalchemy.orm *
from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base

metadata = MetaData()
Base = declarative_base(metadata=metadata)

class DBObject(object):
def __init__(self, **kw):
for item, value in kw.iteritems():
setattr(self, item, value)

barber_style_table = Table('barber_style', metadata,


Column('style_id', Integer, ForeignKey('styles.id')),
Column('barber_id', Integer, ForeignKey('barbers.id')),
)

class Barber(Base, DBObject):


__tablename__ = 'barbers'
id = Column('id', Integer, primary_key=True)
name = Column('name', String(50))
styles = relation('Style', secondary=barber_style_table)

class Style(Base, DBObject):


__tablename__ = 'styles'
id = Column('id', Integer, primary_key=True)
name = Column('name', String(50))

class Client(Base, DBObject):


__tablename__ = 'clients'
id = Column('id', Integer, primary_key=True)
name = Column('name', String(50))
style_id = Column('style_id', Integer, ForeignKey('styles.id'))
style = relation('Style', backref='clients')
Test Environment
from sqlalchemy import create_engine
from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
from barbershop.model import *

database_created = False
def setup_database():
global database_created
engine = create_engine(os.environ.get('DBURL', 'sqlite://'))
metadata.bind = engine

if not database_created:
metadata.drop_all()
metadata.create_all()
database_created = True

Session = sessionmaker(bind=engine, autoflush=True, autocommit=True)


session = Session()
return engine, session
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Your Database will
Change
SQLAlchemy Migrate

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Version Control
Upgrade
Downgrade
Documentation
Robustness

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Thanks!
Links
 Python Tutorials
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 This Presentation
 http://pythontutorials.googlecode.com/svn/presentations/AgileSA.ppt

 Barbershop Tutorial
 svn checkout
http://pythontutorials.googlecode.com/svn/tutorials/barbershop

 Me
 www.percious.com

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