Chapter 5. Defect Prevention
A focus on defect prevention over defect detection is an important principle of sustainable development. Defect detection follows what is probably the most common method used today to develop software: the code-then-fix mindset, where features are developed, testing is done (by users, a testing group, or Quality Assurance), and then defects are fixed. In this approach, there is a noticeable time lag between when defects are introduced and when they are actually fixed. Defect prevention by contrast follows the code-then-fix mindset, where features are developed using automated tests and related practices that catch the ...
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