Re:Source code of the file with the Zune bug (starts on line...
by jrockway on Saturday January 03, 2009 @08:29AM
(#418355)
> One missing equals symbol and every Zune in the world froze.
Wrong. Completely ignoring all software engineering "best practices" was the problem. They could have reused a working library. They could have written unit tests tests. QA could have tested it. Other developers could have reviewed it, or written test cases without knowledge of how the code worked.
Basically, they ignored every rule for writing good code, and then ended up with a serious bug. Well, yeah. The whole "unit testing" "fad" exists for a reason -- it greatly improves the quality of software.
Many people take software development seriously enough to not let one brain fart cause a piece of software to brick thousands of devices.
Wrong. Completely ignoring all software engineering "best practices" was the problem. They could have reused a working library. They could have written unit tests tests. QA could have tested it. Other developers could have reviewed it, or written test cases without knowledge of how the code worked.
Basically, they ignored every rule for writing good code, and then ended up with a serious bug. Well, yeah. The whole "unit testing" "fad" exists for a reason -- it greatly improves the quality of software.
Many people take software development seriously enough to not let one brain fart cause a piece of software to brick thousands of devices.