Unit Test Methodologies In the last couple of newsletters I have been talking about Unit Testing. Unit Testing is a technique used by software develoeprs to test the code they are writing to solve a software requirement. The tests are written to exercise the code modules directly, not through an external interface. Today I wanted to gloss over three general […]
Author: Ben Taylor
Why Unit Test?
$$SWYNK$$ Why Unit Test? Unit testing is tests written by developers, not QA. The purpose of unit testing is to confirm that the code works, and fulfills the business rules. In an Agile Software Development Lifecycle, unit tests also function as requiurements documentation.. Unit tests also document how to use the code. If you need to know how a certain […]
Why Unit Test?
$$SWYNK$$ Why Unit Test? Unit testing is tests written by developers, not QA. The purpose of unit testing is to confirm that the code works, and fulfills the business rules. In an Agile Software Development Lifecycle, unit tests also function as requiurements documentation.. Unit tests also document how to use the code. If you need to know how a certain […]
Unit Testing
SSWUG Expo – Today SSWUG is hosting a Virtual expo today wrapped around Windows Azure and SQL Azure, Micorosft’s Cloud offering. Do you know what it is, how it works, when is the right time to use it, when it isn’t a good fit? If you have these questions and many others, then get in here for our in-depth sessions […]
Unit Testing
SSWUG Expo – Today SSWUG is hosting a Virtual expo today wrapped around Windows Azure and SQL Azure, Micorosft’s Cloud offering. Do you know what it is, how it works, when is the right time to use it, when it isn’t a good fit? If you have these questions and many others, then get in here for our in-depth sessions […]
Virtual Machine Experiences
$$SWYNK$$ Virtual Machine Experiences I recently had a discussion with my older brother who manages the servers for a large city on the West Coast. I was sharing how virtual servers, providing the same capacity as a physical server, actually cost more to own and maintain. My brother replied that Virtual servers had actually saved the city a great deal […]
Virtual Machine Experiences
$$SWYNK$$ Virtual Machine Experiences I recently had a discussion with my older brother who manages the servers for a large city on the West Coast. I was sharing how virtual servers, providing the same capacity as a physical server, actually cost more to own and maintain. My brother replied that Virtual servers had actually saved the city a great deal […]
Are You Virtual?
$$SWYNK$$ Are You Virtual? This is an old topic. Surveys and questionnaires abound for longer than a decade regarding the adoption of virtual operating systems and services. I’d like to revisit the topic as the game has changed considerably over that last few years. Most servers, even the low end servers for departmental or small business use, ship with 64bit […]
Are You Virtual?
$$SWYNK$$ Are You Virtual? This is an old topic. Surveys and questionnaires abound for longer than a decade regarding the adoption of virtual operating systems and services. I’d like to revisit the topic as the game has changed considerably over that last few years. Most servers, even the low end servers for departmental or small business use, ship with 64bit […]
Are you Ready for IPv6?
$$SWYNK$$ Are you Ready for IPv6? According to information I gleaned from IPv6.com, the new internet protocol has a lot more going on than expanding the number of available network addresses. It has features enabling new hardware and software to work more efficiently. Summarizing their site, they list 10 key improvements over the 30 year old IPv4 internet protocol. • […]