Prevention
Anyone will tell you that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” The best way to manage the population of bugs is to not introduce them. Sadly I don’t think that we’ll ever completely reach this ideal. For as long as programming involves problem solving, it will always be difficult—not only do you have to solve the problem correctly, you have to understand the whole problem fully in the first place. Despite this, careful defensive programming can avoid many problems. Good programming is about discipline and attention to detail. Thorough testing will prevent faults from leaking out in your software releases.
This section could be enormous, but all prevention advice boils down to that one simple statement: Use your brain. Enough ...
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