If client-side JavaScript isn’t benefiting the user-experience, ask yourself if it’s really necessary. Maybe server-side-rendered HTML would actually be faster. Consider limiting the use of client-side frameworks to pages that absolutely require them. Server-rendering and client-rendering are a disaster if done poorly.

Of course, writing tests is just the start; next I need to be able to run them. And with tests for Django applications, that can be a bit tricky, since Django requires settings in order to work at all. If you’re planning to deploy Django, you already have a settings file specifying everything you plan to use, and you can run manage.py test to execute the tests for all your applications (or pass arguments to fine-tune exactly what will run).

http://KEXP.ORG presents HÆLOS performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded January 28, 2016.