Oracle Visual Builder: Applications That Outlive Their First Release · Module 16 · Testing an application with no test framework
Testing both locales
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EVERY SCREEN TWICE, because a right-to-left layout is A DIFFERENT LAYOUT and A DEFECT THERE IS INVISIBLE IN THE OTHER LANGUAGE. This is the check most often skipped and the one with the largest affected population in this estate, and the reason it is skipped is that the developer does not read the other locale. THE FIRST THING TO INTERNALISE IS THAT IT IS NOT A TRANSLATION CHECK. The words being right is the easy half. The layout mirrors, so element order reverses, alignment flips, and anything with a hardcoded direction lands in the wrong place — Module 7 Lesson 5. SO EVERY SCREEN IS TWO SCREENS AND A DEFECT IN ONE IS GENUINELY ABSENT FROM THE OTHER. Which is why "I tested it" means half of it unless somebody says otherwise. THE NUMERAL TRAP IS THE SPECIFIC THING TO LOOK FOR AND IT IS EASY TO SEE ONCE YOU…
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