The shop is based on cases (boxes, suitcases, bags...). There are a nice search implemented which allows to click together all needed functions for needed boxes or cases by small icons. With every click you'll add a property and the page show you all products with this functions automatically. All this is javascript-based. There are also some text input fields.
The egg
The whole egg doesn't infect a function of the system.
You will see it if you type something specific to a specific field of the form, or if you click a line of ten functions (see above) in the correct order.
If you did something of this right, one little text will be printed on the screen. The text will pop up like a normal (same place, same color etc on the screen) warning or help message (which are implemented in the shop system).
How it was found
I was four days out of office, came back and got a personal meeting with the boss of the programming department and (this was the special) with the big boss himself. If this happen, you will know, there will be follow some strange stuff.
Found: There are a quality management. Some coders they check all the code again before publish it to the test-system and to the live-system. One of the found a variable never seen before. He asked around and was searching for two days to understand where it came from and what's behind. He found the egg.
When I was back
Got the meeting, got a sheet of paper, got my life back.
Right after this I got a new job, it's fresh it's funny... (retrospectively a good ending...)
it's a (ugly) and true story. coded a little easter egg into an online shop. while coding together with a huge team there where two guys who did it. one of them lost his job. it's me.
btw hi everyone i am the new on on/.
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The shop is based on cases (boxes, suitcases, bags ...). There are a nice search implemented which allows to click together all needed functions for needed boxes or cases by small icons. With every click you'll add a property and the page show you all products with this functions automatically. All this is javascript-based. There are also some text input fields.
The egg
The whole egg doesn't infect a function of the system.
You will see it if you type something specific to a specific field of the form, or if you click a line of ten functions (see above) in the correct order.
If you did something of this right, one little text will be printed on the screen. The text will pop up like a normal (same place, same color etc on the screen) warning or help message (which are implemented in the shop system).
How it was found
I was four days out of office, came back and got a personal meeting with the boss of the programming department and (this was the special) with the big boss himself. If this happen, you will know, there will be follow some strange stuff.
Found: There are a quality management. Some coders they check all the code again before publish it to the test-system and to the live-system. One of the found a variable never seen before. He asked around and was searching for two days to understand where it came from and what's behind. He found the egg.
When I was back
Got the meeting, got a sheet of paper, got my life back.
Right after this I got a new job, it's fresh it's funny ... (retrospectively a good ending ...)
it's a (ugly) and true story. coded a little easter egg into an online shop. while coding together with a huge team there where two guys who did it. one of them lost his job. it's me. btw hi everyone i am the new on on /.
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