https://www.ericschaefer.dev/blog Feed of blog posts of https://www.ericschaefer.dev en-us Copyright 2026 Eric-Alexander Schaefer - CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0) eric.schaefer@ericschaefer.dev (Eric-Alexander Schaefer) eric.schaefer@ericschaefer.dev (Eric-Alexander Schaefer) Software Development https://www.ericschaefer.dev/static/images/eric-144x144.jpg https://www.ericschaefer.dev/static/images/eric-144x144.jpg 144 144 Feed of blog posts of https://www.ericschaefer.dev https://www.ericschaefer.dev/blog/time-and-dates https://www.ericschaefer.dev/blog/time-and-dates Tue, 30 Mar 2021 20:00:00 +0200 Eric-Alexander Schaefer

I have seen it time and again that developers used times and dates in sub-optimal ways. It is not that hard if you understand some basic principles related to time zones.]]> time date time-zones https://www.ericschaefer.dev/blog/the-code-coverage-deception https://www.ericschaefer.dev/blog/the-code-coverage-deception Fri, 29 Jan 2021 20:00:00 +0200 Eric-Alexander Schaefer

Some software development teams define a set of non-functional requirements for their projects. Often, this will include a minimum code coverage requirement for the automated test suite. While this may seem like an innocent and well-intentioned requirement, it is mostly useless.]]> tdd testing code-coverage https://www.ericschaefer.dev/blog/database-tests https://www.ericschaefer.dev/blog/database-tests Mon, 6 Apr 2015 20:00:00 +0200 Eric-Alexander Schaefer

Database tests are a type of automated tests that do not get enough love these days. Everybody is talking about unit tests, acceptance tests, integration and regression tests.]]> testing databases