Architecting Modern Java EE Applications

Immediately fixing issues

Immediately solving build errors is another important team habit to develop. Tests that fail should not be ignored or postponed but fixed as soon as possible. Builds that fail often and are not taken good care of decrease the productivity of all team members. A failing test that makes the project unable to be built, for example, prevents other developers from integrating and verifying their features. Still, failing builds due to test failures or quality violations is a sign that the validation works and is, obviously, much better than false negatives, that is, mistakenly green builds. It is, however, important to fix project builds as soon as they fail. Developers should execute basic and fast verifications, such ...