Marco "Ocramius" PivettaMar 21

I really loathe the deployment method for #HomeAssistant template sensors (for sensors based on expressions): it's basically "fuck around and find out" every time...

I wonder if nixifying the setup would make it more bearable, or if there's a better way to deploy sensors as small code units that can be verified in isolation...

A YAML-less solution would be best...

Show threadWMRMar 21
@ocramius i guess you’re aware you can test your templates in “Developer Tools->Templates”. This in combination with setting the state of the upstream sensor manually, also in Dev Tools usually works pretty well for me
Show threadMarco "Ocramius" Pivetta
@wmr72 aware of it, but then you still have to delicately transplant the result into a YAML config file, and in the correct section/nesting too, considering quoting semantics in the process
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