The Source Code for NYC's Forensic DNA Statistical Analysis Tool

Re:The Source Code for NYC's Forensic DNA Statistical Analys... by bas on Friday October 20, 2017 @08:27PM (#15519986)

For this kind of project, given the stakes involved (e.g. a defendant's freedom), why would you want to use the brand-new framework-of-the-month that the cool kids are using?

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Re:The Source Code for NYC's Forensic DNA Statistical Analys... by tekmaven on Friday October 20, 2017 @10:52PM (#15520427)

I'm all for using the right tool for the job. WebForms code is not possible / extremely difficult to unit test.

The actual codebase itself may be pretty old so WebForms isn't a surprise - the SLN file indicates it was saved with Visual Studio 2010 (https://github.com/propublica/nyc-dna-software/blob/338a1b86...).

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Re:The Source Code for NYC's Forensic DNA Statistical Analys... by michaelmrose on Friday October 20, 2017 @08:43PM (#15520046)

Possibly they shouldn't be using bug ridden trash either seems like a compromise ought to be possible.

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Re:The Source Code for NYC's Forensic DNA Statistical Analys... by sk5t on Friday October 20, 2017 @09:59PM (#15520292)

Webforms are not trash, just very annoying to use as a developer.

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