Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/25/2016)

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Tom Fischer (7/25/2016)

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Maybe we need to ask the question, 'What justifies unit tests in practice?' And I’d recommend avoiding answers of the 'because you should'...

Chris Harshman (7/25/2016)

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Where I work, the developers do a lot of test driven development for their C# work, but a limiting factor for them doing more on the database side...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/25/2016)

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Kim Crosser (7/25/2016)

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“Trying to improve software quality by increasing the amount of testing is like trying to lose weight by weighing yourself more often. What...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/25/2016)

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tabinsc (7/25/2016)

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Since most of my SQL coding is set-based (1 query operation per procedure), unit testing seems pointless since there is only one unit. ...

I don't think that some people realise just how difficult that some people find this. I find it difficult "tapping" my social...

I like it when you can login using either your email address OR your username. Preferrably via the same textbox.

Jeff Moden (6/27/2016)

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...To be sure, automation of code promotion breeds a bit of laziness and I seriously doubt that no one would abuse it to promote unreviewed or even untested...

Go ahead Robert, please. And also post...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (6/28/2016)

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...I think you're conflating things here, Gary...You're a developer. You break things at times. Does that not mean that quality doesn't increase? I hope so,...

They are targets for big game hunters!!!

Funnily enough, I had the same issue here at SSC. I had to create a second account to access SSC with a new email address. I asked Steve to resolve...

Grant Fritchey (6/28/2016)

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OK, you'll have to explain that to me better. If Azure releases are bad, that makes the SQL Server release better? I don't get that.

Microsoft is releasing SQL...

manie (6/28/2016)

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Gary, I would sincerely hope it is an...

Surely it can only be considered an improvement in releases if the original SQL Azure releases went better than before?

I totally agree. This industry, like many others before it, applies tools the either automate repetitive tasks or raise the level of abstraction. More and more we are able to...