Using a “dead man’s switch” to manage time-sensitive code
In our software environment, we often run a/b tests, as is probably good practice. However, our environment is set up such that, in very short order, the code starts to become very crufty with dead tests. The testing registry is little more than a collection of internal wiki pages.
How to identify (business) processes for automation?
I recently started at a company and am working on statistical data analysis and data handling (market research). A lot of my tasks were previously done entirely by hand, so I created a few tools to automate much of my work.
Automation Approaches: Events/Triggers/Cron [closed]
It’s difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form. For help clarifying this question so that it can be reopened, visit the help center. Closed 11 years ago. It has been my experience, when building websites, […]
How can you provide a public writeable API and not get spammed?
So say you had a site like StackExchange. Now imagine you created a machine-writeable API capable of posting questions and comments and doing everything your browser can do.
UI (Specifically FLEX) automation testing
I was wondering whether the community utilizes automation tests to the extent of UI? Is there some common best practices for testing UI?
Also – the product I’m working on is flex-based. I would love to get ideas how to test it.
Mainly I want to test:
How can I maintain a SQL schema upgrade that goes out to our users on a regular basis?
I work on a project that uses a SQL database as a back end, and a desktop app as a front end. We do releases on a regular basis, and as part of a release, our client needs to update their SQL server.
When to bail on a proposed solution? [closed]
Closed 9 years ago.
When to bail on a proposed solution? [closed]
Closed 9 years ago.
Automating database deployment using a CMS
My team are developing Umbraco websites and looking to improve the automation of our database deployment. Currently we have automated builds and deployments of our source code using Kiln and Team City, but cannot work out how to handle the database deployment.
Automating database deployment using a CMS
My team are developing Umbraco websites and looking to improve the automation of our database deployment. Currently we have automated builds and deployments of our source code using Kiln and Team City, but cannot work out how to handle the database deployment.