| Revan |
12-22-2005 11:01 AM |
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Originally Posted by Xplorer4x4
Look's to me like there was alot more gratitude then complaints as of late. :ermm:
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Nono, I ment that I shouldn't complain. I'm really sorry if I made it sound like YOU people were complaining, that's NOT what I ment.
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Originally Posted by Xplorer4x4
I am just curious why you need a public test board? I offered to test and you said there were pleanty of testers.
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Because the way I see it, coding a vB hack has (should have) 4 phases:
1. Localhost testing. You test it on your computer and weed out the obvious errors such as parse errors and blank pages.
2. Privately owned public board. You let some users try out the hack on a public board, but one owned and managed by you so that if something goes terribly wrong or serious bugs appear, it's not the end of the world (or the end of someones forum).
3. Public beta. You release the hack with the Beta tag slapped on it, and make it clear to users that they are installing a hack that MIGHT have bugs, but SHOULDNT have any serious ones.
4. Release. By then you have probably weeded out all but the most obscure bugs, which will either surface come time or remain hidden forever due to noone accessing them.
That way I believe you minimise the risk you are exposing your hacks users for, and in the end create a better product :) |
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