From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public From: tbushell@fox.nstn.ns.ca (Tom Bushell) Subject: Re: Software Development Environments (Was: What is wrong with OO ?) Date: 1997/01/06 Message-ID: <5aptuf$bf@news.istar.ca>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 207982605 references: <5a9r1k$e74@news4.digex.net> <32C88BE0.7F2B@acm.org> <32CD3495.14FE@pc-plus.de> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: Telekinetics mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.object,comp.software-eng Date: 1997-01-06T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: On Fri, 03 Jan 1997 17:32:21 +0100, Stephen Riehm wrote: >Another big help would be, in my view, the teaching of deterministic >development practices. Unfortunately I am yet to have found ANY >definitive work in this area, although some people are beginning to >see the relevance. I can best describe this with examples of what NOT >to do, but I am desperately searching for a mechanism to help improve >the situation. Have you seen the book "A Discipline for Software Engineering", by Watts Humphrey? This might be exactly what you're looking for. >Class browsers, CASE tools, CM systems and deterministic build >environments can all greatly contribute to the reduction of bugs >written in the first place. Finding bugs takes up about half of the >software development cycle, and you will never get all of the bugs out >of a program, but if you don't put them there in the first place, you >end up with more stable, and easier to maintain software. (cheap and >reliable!) This is Humphrey's approach - the major focus is on defect reduction. -Tom ---------------------------------------------------------- Tom Bushell * Custom Software Development Telekinetics * Process Improvement Consulting 2653 Highway 202 * Technical Writing RR#1, Elmsdale, NS B0N 1M0 (902)632-2772 Email: tbushell@fox.nstn.ns.ca ----------------------------------------------------------