Julien Danjou 4/8/2016

Pifpaf, or how to run any daemon briefly

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The article discusses Pifpaf, a Python tool that simplifies running temporary daemons (e.g., PostgreSQL, Redis, MySQL) for testing and development. It explains how Pifpaf helps avoid complex environment setups by spawning and managing short-lived instances, enabling more realistic integration tests without extensive mocking. Installation and basic usage examples are provided.

Pifpaf, or how to run any daemon briefly

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