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Encyclopedia > Code and fix

Code and fix development is not so much a deliberate strategy as an artifact of schedule pressure on software developers. Without much in the way of a design, programmers immediately begin producing code. At some point, testing begins (often late in the development cycle), and the inevitable bugs must then be fixed before the product can be shipped. A computer bug is an error, flaw, mistake, failure, or fault in a computer program that prevents it from working correctly or produces an incorrect result. ...


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Software engineering is the profession that creates and maintains software applications by applying technologies and practices from computer science, project management, engineering, application domains, and other fields. ...

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Ned Batchelder: Fix error handling first (1590 words)
Fix bug 2: make sure the assertion handler is properly initialized, or make sure that if it is not, something dramatic (like a dialog box or a thrown exception) happens.
It may be latent, it may be hard to fix, it may be expedient not to fix it, but let's not kid ourselves: it is a bug.
Fixing code is easiest when you can run it, and error handling code is only run when there are errors happening for it to handle.
Code and fix (58 words)
Code and fix development is not so much a deliberate strategy as an artifact of schedule pressure on software developers.
Without much in the way of a design, programmers immediately begin producing code.
At some point, testing begins (often late in the development cycle), and the inevitable bugs must then be fixed before the product can be shipped.
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