Comments on: Coverage Validator

By: Outsourcing software testing « Successful Software

Outsourcing software testing « Successful Software — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:39:28 +0000

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CoverageValidator v3 « Successful Software — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:43:36 +0000

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Using defence in depth to produce high quality software « iParag.com — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:44:51 +0000

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Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:55:58 +0000

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By: شات

شات — Thu, 29 May 2008 01:54:53 +0000

Are you running the tool on a debug or release build?

By: Andy Brice

Andy Brice — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:11:54 +0000

>Are you running the tool on a debug or release build?

Usually release. IIRC their support people did tell me it was something to do with the way VC++ generated object code, but I can’t remember the details.

By: Chris Hynes

Chris Hynes — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:08:25 +0000

RE: “Whole blocks get missed out for reasons I don’t fully understand. Single line branches are particularly likely to be missed.”… Are you running the tool on a debug or release build? Is it possible your compiler is inlining or optimizing away those sections of code, or in some other fashion reordering them so coverage validator doesn’t catch it?

By: Oleg

Oleg — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:53:37 +0000

Make the photo of odd socks of your wife and send it to me :)

By: Andy Brice

Andy Brice — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:26:46 +0000

I separate out the presentation and logic using an MVC type approach (using Qt signals and slots), but this doesn’t get around the fact that there is still a lot of code (and potentially bugs) in the presentation layer.

Ps/ Careful about those socks – it might be the thin end of the wedge. ;0)

By: Tim Haughton

Tim Haughton — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:17:27 +0000

Interesting post Andy. Not only am I wearing odd socks, they’re inside out and I’m pretty sure they’re my wife’s.

On the GUI testing front, seperating your code into a Model-View-Presenter pattern and using mocks often helps with those hard-to-reach spots :)