Tag: testing

NOTE: Testing Macros – Parameters Revisited

As my planned series on testing drew to a close last week, I got an email from Quentin McMullen with some very kind words about the NOTE: blog, but also some very erudite comments about my choice of parameters for my testing macros. Rather than paraphr…

NOTE: Testing (Presenting the Results)

The preceding two articles in this series on testing presented a simple, generic macro for testing and recording test results. All that remains now is for us to tidy-up some loose ends.

Firstly, the macro assumes data set work.results already exists. …

NOTE: Testing (Collating the Results)

We began this series of posts on testing with an introduction to testing disciplines, and I followed that with a description of how we could quickly create some small macros that would allow us to automate some of our testing and present the …

NOTE: Testing (Collating the Results)

We began this series of posts on testing with an introduction to testing disciplines, and I followed that with a description of how we could quickly create some small macros that would allow us to automate some of our testing and present the …

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 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 …