Lessons Learned Teaching Undergraduate Astronomy with a Video Game with Andrew Mshar - DCUS 2022

Django Testing

"Discover best practices for developing and deploying a video game-based astronomy educational platform, covering API development, testing, documentation, and infrastructure management."

Key takeaways

Use Django REST Framework to simplify API development and improve code reuse
Write unit tests to isolate individual components and ensure they function as expected
Use end-to-end tests for comprehensive testing, but be aware that they can be brittle and require maintenance
Develop a separate staging environment to test and refine code changes before deploying to production
Keep detailed documentation of the development process and test infrastructure
Use infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform and Packer to manage and deploy server configuration
Consider using Docker for local development environments and deployment
Use sentry for error tracking and logging, to help identify and resolve issues
Log all errors and exceptions to a log file, to help in debugging
Write tests for integrations between different components, to catch issues early
Use a version control system like Git to track changes and roll back if needed
Consider moving infrastructure to a cloud provider like AWS Elastic Beanstalk for easier deployment and maintenance

Lessons Learned Teaching Undergraduate Astronomy with a Video Game with Andrew Mshar - DCUS 2022

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