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The act of writing a script to validate the data says otherwise. Also the people who use Excel as a primary tool are not the type that write unit tests in Pyth
by nightski 10y ago
The act of writing a script to validate the data says otherwise.
Also the people who use Excel as a primary tool are not the type that write unit tests in Python generally. Or would even think to do something like that. That is my point. You, as a developer, would think of something like that. It's not that you couldn't write similar tests with excel (you could, in any .NET language). But that you thought of doing so.
- fnord123 10y agoOk then I think we're agreeing but using different bits of the same point. In Excel there is no culture of good data validation. My experience working as a developer in Python gave me that culture. Agreed. In GGGP's case they almost certainly have no tests so I stand by the recommendation that they fight hard to get a validation system in place. Probably by moving to Python and/or a RDBMS.