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Re: How do you test things without clients seeing it?
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:48 am
by Jenk
"It's work in progress" solves that one, and it is a lot easier to handle "It's got a bug" than it is "I didn't ask for this. Why have you spent 2 months working on this? It's a complete waste of time!"
Re: How do you test things without clients seeing it?
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:12 am
by josh
Well a refactoring should not introduce new functionality or bugs, but when a refactoring is only halfway done it certainly could alter the functionality!
I agree though on handling bugs vs explaining wasted time, but I was saying a larger refactoring before putting the new functionality
Re: How do you test things without clients seeing it?
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:12 pm
by malcolmboston
I have been known to do this on the live server of a successful eCommerce store.
I only ever do it if i must interact with the real data but if you do need to do it, just lock it down to your IP
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if ($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] == '65.myip.923.23') {
// execute my code here
}