A/Bingo for ASP.NET

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a/b testing library

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32points
24comments
#55of 370 in 2010
Top 15%of 2010 by points

How HN took it

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4 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 5 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.

Docs: 0 for, 4 againstIdea: 2 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Fills a gap for platforms without good A/B testing options

    From 2 comments
    • I think a prominent client of mine may owe you a beer. Thanks for bringing the light of A/B testing to platforms without great options. Nobody should have to use Google Website…
      patio11 on HN
    • You rock. This weekend I was planning to start evaluating A/B testing frameworks for my ASP.NET-based travel site. I was really hoping I could find something like Patrick's…
      thinkzig on HN
  • Drop-in with no configuration needed

    From 1 comment
    • I've been using this for the past 6 months for S3stat, Twiddla and FairTutor, with some pretty impressive results. Since it's "November Sprint" time, I finally motivated myself…
      jasonkester on HN

Objections

  • No license, which blocks contribution

    From 1 comment
    • [EDIT] Just saw your reply to forcer's question. My page was stale [/EDIT] That storing the participation data in the user's browser is a bit of a red herring for me. Would you…
      euroclydon on HN
  • Documentation typos and unclear storage explanation

    From 2 comments
    • http://www.fairtutor.com/fairlycertain/fairlycertain-details says "Using the &ltab:Test> UserControl"
      jeroen on HN
    • Great job Jason. I was looking for something like this for a long time. I have few questions which are not explained much on your site: - you say it does not use database but…
      forcer on HN

Requests

  • Add an MIT license

    From 1 comment
    • [EDIT] Just saw your reply to forcer's question. My page was stale [/EDIT] That storing the participation data in the user's browser is a bit of a red herring for me. Would you…
      euroclydon on HN
  • Provide a dashboard screenshot

    From 1 comment
    • Great job Jason. I was looking for something like this for a long time. I have few questions which are not explained much on your site: - you say it does not use database but…
      forcer on HN

Questions

  • Whether results survive IIS restarts and how state is stored

    From 2 comments
    • Great job Jason. I was looking for something like this for a long time. I have few questions which are not explained much on your site: - you say it does not use database but…
      forcer on HN
    • Thanks for the explanation - now I know it serializes to a file which is fine - I wasn't sure how it can keep the state only by storing on the user side. Self-hosted solution - I…
      forcer on HN
  • Tradeoffs of browser storage versus a database

    From 1 comment
    • [EDIT] Just saw your reply to forcer's question. My page was stale [/EDIT] That storing the participation data in the user's browser is a bit of a red herring for me. Would you…
      euroclydon on HN

Alternatives named

  • patio's A/Bingo

    From 1 comment
    • I've been using this for the past 6 months for S3stat, Twiddla and FairTutor, with some pretty impressive results. Since it's "November Sprint" time, I finally motivated myself…
      jasonkester on HN
  • Visual Website Optimizer

    From 2 comments
    • Great job Jason. I was looking for something like this for a long time. I have few questions which are not explained much on your site: - you say it does not use database but…
      forcer on HN
    • It uses cookies to store participation and conversion data, so as a visitor you'll come away with a cookie that looks like this: ```…
      jasonkester on HN
  • Google Website Optimizer

    From 1 comment
    • I think a prominent client of mine may owe you a beer. Thanks for bringing the light of A/B testing to platforms without great options. Nobody should have to use Google Website…
      patio11 on HN

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