Sscecce

Do you understand what "simplified test cases" is? We've discussed this issue before. I think this concept is useful in many aspects of life, but in the field of front-end development you can understand it as:

Simplified Test Cases is a demo/sample page you create that uses as little code as possible to reproduce the problems you are having. Contains only the HTML required to display the problem content. Contains only CSS related to simplified HTML. Contains only JavaScript related to the current problem features.

The purpose of creating these use cases is to troubleshoot. It works both for yourself and for anyone else to view the problem. The less irrelevant code other people need to read, the easier it is to understand the problem. The secret is that you will often find the problem when creating simplified test cases. ;)

I recently discovered another acronym: Sscecce.

It stands for "short, independent, correct (compilable), example". By searching for the meta tag, it looks like it's a credit to Andrew Thompson, the last update was in 2014. This landing page gives a wonderful description of them and explains the actions required to create Sscecce.

It covers classic situations where you find the problem is not as you think it is:

If you want to remove a lot of code for others to view, you might delete a portion of the code you think is not related to the problem early on, but the problem is solved.

...and end with the most important point:

We do not suggest that every problem requires an Sscecce to be solved. However, it makes people more likely to help and therefore increases the chances of finding solutions.

I think this is a big difference. If there is a small error deep in a huge, unfamiliar code heap, the chances of my attempt to help are very low. If it is a small error with Sscecce, the possibility of my attempt to help is high.

However, I think I still prefer "simplified test cases" because the term is easier to understand.

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