Version 1.0.2 is now available for installation through the cheese shop:

pip install pytddmon

This version features a new command line argument, –no-pulse, which disables the ”heartbeat” of pytddmon:

python pytddmon.py --no-pulse

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The background and idea with the pulse was twofold:

1) Give the impression of something being ”alive”, like a heart beat monitor in a hospital tells you the heart of the patient is working by giving a signal, pytddmon tells you your project is continously being tested.

2) Give an indication of when the file change scans where being performed, that is purely as a debugging tool.