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ultranos ([personal profile] ultranos) wrote2009-04-13 01:59 am

mom always said that if you've got a family, you help each other

*cracks neck*

Okay, if I'm seriously going to let myself flip out and go all test engineer on DW, there has got to be a better method than "clicking random things and see what's not there/what breaks". I mean, all I've noticed thus far is that a significant number of the FAQ pages have nothing, but I'm chalking that up to "omg, documentation and my damn code isn't working and I will deal with this later".

I have spent enough time debugging Verilog code to understand that sentiment completely.

Seriously, I'm in this state where I want to help, but I'm far too used to getting handed a testbench and told "go do this and report back to me". Ugh, it's reminding me of some of the choices I made in choosing to go straight hardware. (Beyond some vague mumblings about learning Python one day, all I know is Verilog and that's very much a hardware language, so unless DW wants me to design chips for them, that skill ain't seeing much use here)

Is there a way to figure out what seriously needs testing, go test it, and then come back with a stack of data on what works and what doesn't?
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[staff profile] denise 2009-04-13 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
Check with [personal profile] domtheknight! She will likely have specific codepaths that need testing.