Re: tools for programming applets

From:

Lew <noone@lewscanon.com>

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comp.lang.java.programmer

Date:

Sun, 22 May 2011 22:06:42 -0400

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On 05/22/2011 09:11 PM, markspace wrote:

On 5/22/2011 5:34 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

Then I can run test and production systems side by side on the same server,
guaranteeing identical configurations for both.

This is an interesting idea. I hadn't considered running a test system on a
production server, but it makes sense, I think, in some cases, to be able to
test the new system "in place," so that things don't go wrong when you try to
do a big change-over to a new system.

Sure, as long as you don't bring down the production server to do your tests.

So many tests require a stable, re-creatable environment, and often that
involves hard or soft server restarts. If there are performance or security
requirements imposed on the server, having test stuff on there almost
certainly will violate them. Load testing? Ha!

Really, not a very good idea to put tests on the production server. Actually,
a really terrible, terrible idea. Ghastly.

Most places I've worked would consider firing a person for even suggesting
such a thing.

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Lew
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