August 04, 2003
Which way is the happy path?
In this week's BYTE Newsletter, the article The Software Development Dilemma (subscription required) introduces the term "happy path".
"[T]he "happy path," a default scenario with no exceptional conditions. (The "happy path" concept originated with Richard Harrah, an HP software developer...)"
I like it. There are lots of times that I refer to the happy path when talking about how much testing some code has had, and now I have a phrase for it.
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I am researching information on Happy Paths for a project that I am working on at PMUSA
Posted by: Bettie Clarke at November 19, 2003 01:28 PM