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Original Post: Even commercial vendors dont test/validate
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I am trying not to bash anyone specific, so i am speaking generally. If you are selling java components that use a bunch of CSS stylesheets to display stuff, would it come to your mind to run them against a CSS validator before releasing the component?
I made the mistake and assumed that this is the case. Why do i assume this? Because its so damn easy to test. You dont have to write MockObjects or something like that, you just have to copy the CSS content and paste it into a validator and one click. Or by just using Firefox WebDeveloper Plugin, its only a click without copy&paste. The problem of that assumption is that you look at zillion places like Servlet Container, Webapp folders, Webapp config, JSP content, Taglib definitions and so on. Only a second before jumping out of the window, you check the things that normally cant be the problem...
All in all, 2 hours wasted because some commercial component vendors are not better than any average java developer doing their inhouse projects. No test, no review, no quality management. The point is, i am also doing that from time to time, but definitely not if my component is used by more than one guy.
All this is nevertheless pretty normal i guess, but thinking about a 2 hour waste of time just because of a invalid CSS stylesheet makes me ill.
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