Testing

I have already pointed out that the most accurate testing is performed only by running the application on the language version of the intended operating system, and also that using a pseudo translation is a great way to find localizability issues before the application is released beyond the developers. Another tool in the testing armory is FxCop. Throughout this book, I make various recommendations or point out choices that you might want to adopt in the internationalization of your application. FxCop is a static analysis tool included with Visual Studio 2005 Team System and available for download for the .NET Framework 1.1 and 2.0. It enables you to create rules that enforce the decisions and choices you have made. Chapter 13, "Testing Internationalization Using FxCop," contains a collection of rules that enforce the recommendations made in this book. You can enable or disable individual rules according to your decisions.