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Originally Posted by Austin
This is a bad attitude to have as a developer!
I worked for 4 years in serious software testing before writing any code.
(testing things like backup software that fortune 100 companies used to back up / restore their databases / file systems / operating systems...)
This served me very well in my career as a developer. I saw the large amount of wasted time caused by developers releasing code they didn't even really test.
Strive for perfection from the start, as much as reasonably possible and then you will be in a better position to fix the myriad of bugs that will arrive anyway.
IMHO!
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Austin, I know exactly what you are talking about
Most of the problems with software can be fixed before they even happen by coding in a "safe" way which lowers significantly the probability of errors from occuring. I found that you can do safe coding much faster than ad-hoc coding, and you can still have very efficient and readable software, ie there are no real disadvantages, only advantages. You can even create code that tests itself by doing comprehensive internal integrity checks, such as the NULL pointer test that has become common in C/C++ coding.