Hi, On Tuesday 28 March 2017 13:23:01 Roland Hughes wrote: > I have to ask, why is it such a sin to have a stand alone program with a > null modem cable and mini-tester as a testing tool. I have been working > with serial ports off and on since the days of DOS 3.x and have always > tested in this manner. The first piece of code one writes on a project > which needs external inputs is the test tool to generate 1-N pre-defined > inputs. There "should" be one laying around at the shop which was > originally used to validate the product.
This is a great method to develop or diagnose software. When it comes to
testing... not exactly a sin, but short sighted: it's rather hard to set up
an automated test system with specific hardware attached to each and every
test node.
> If you are dealing with a bug that only bites you ever so many years, I
> will leave you with this thought.
Especially those should be added to regression tests - otherwise you'll
spend the same amount of time diagnosing it the next time.
Konrad
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