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Software Development, version 3.0

Visions of Tool Integration

It’s an amazing thing when your development tools work together.
In the bad old days, we thought it was cool when the editor could work in concert with source control. It blew my mind when we first had source control with integrated bug tracking. (Wow, you can see the changes that go along with each bug [...]

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Five Simple Ways to Kill More Bugs Today

Here are some simple things you can do – today – to find and prevent bugs in your code. These take very little effort to implement and do not cost any money. (And typically don’t require management approval.)

Turn on warnings.
This is a no brainer. Your compiler can tell you when you’re doing things that are [...]

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