At any given time the Windows operating system is tracking statistics for the system and many of the processes / applications that are currently running on it. Things like the number of processors, how many threads are executing, how often the CLR is in garbage collection, the number of I/O operations being performed etc are all tracked through things called performance counters. One way you can look at these various ...
Again and again we get people on the Dream.In.Code board saying something along the lines of "I have this problem with my project, I think it is this function giving me the trouble, but can someone help me figure out what is going on?" What is the first thing the pros do in such a situation? They create what is known as a test harness (aka driver program) to test ...
Fuzz...no not the stuff growing on your vegetables in the fridge but the data kind. Data fuzz is rumored to be behind the successful crack of the iPhone in recent months. However, some people in the industry may have not heard of the term "Data fuzz". So in a short entry I will discuss what it is, how it can relate to blackbox testing and how it can make your ...
At the heart of programming is the test. Without a good test, nothing will work right. How often should you test and what should you test? We will cover a few topics in the world of testing and how you can make tests that tell you the most about what is going on with your programming... on this entry of the Programming Underground! Every day we get people on the boards ...
