66: Pre-Launch Engineering and Testing an HTTP Client

Adam gives an update on gracefully handling errors in the KiteTail checkout process, launching Zttp as an open-source package, and how he used Lumen to power the Zttp integration test suite.

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Links:

• PushSilver Infinite pre-launch page
• "How to Double Your Trial-to-Paid Conversion Rate with Onboarding" , Rob Walling's talk at SaaSFest 2016
• Zttp on GitHub
• Lumen , the Laravel microframework
• The Lumen server behind Zttp's test suite
• "Test-Driving Webhook Failures" , the live stream where Adam and David worked through the HTTP testing approach that inspired the Zttp test suite
• Craft and Commerce , the ConvertKit conference Adam is attending this month
• "Building KiteTail"