Tag: SAS

NOTE: Testing is Like Visiting the Dentist?

In a comment in response to my recent Testing – Discipline article, Rick@SAS provided a link to an article he’d posted on the American Statistical Association community forum wherein he drew an analogy between testing and going to the dentist. I think …

NOTE: Testing (With Basic Macros)

So, having stressed the importance of testing in my previous post on the subject, let me give you some hints on how I keep the test phase efficient and effective on my projects. This will be a series of hints across the next few days. Today I’ll offer …

NOTE: Testing (With Basic Macros)

So, having stressed the importance of testing in my previous post on the subject, let me give you some hints on how I keep the test phase efficient and effective on my projects. This will be a series of hints across the next few days. Today I’ll offer …

Testing – Discipline

My dad says “if a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well”. I say “if a bit of code is worth writing, it’s worth testing it properly”. Maybe I’m stretching the old saying a little, but the principle remains true.

Software testing is a very large sub…

Testing – Discipline

My dad says “if a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well”. I say “if a bit of code is worth writing, it’s worth testing it properly”. Maybe I’m stretching the old saying a little, but the principle remains true.

Software testing is a very large sub…

NOTE: SAS Global Forum 2012 – One door closes, another opens

The closing date for submission of papers for SAS Global Forum (SGF) 2012 has passed, but registration is now open. If you can get yourself to Florida, USA 22-25 April 2012, you will benefit from a vast array of papers (from SAS staff and from SAS cu…

NOTE: SAS Global Forum 2012 – One door closes, another opens

The closing date for submission of papers for SAS Global Forum (SGF) 2012 has passed, but registration is now open. If you can get yourself to Florida, USA 22-25 April 2012, you will benefit from a vast array of papers (from SAS staff and from SAS cu…

Testing – Discipline

My dad says “if a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well”. I say “if a bit of code is worth writing, it’s worth testing it properly”. Maybe I’m stretching the old saying a little, but the principle remains true.

Software testing is a very large sub…