Via
coding horror, quote of a quote: "the average defect detection rate is only 25 percent for unit testing, 35 percent for function testing, and 45 percent for integration testing. In contrast, the average effectiveness of design and code inspections are 55 and 60 percent."
I would agree on that anecdotally. One of the reasons we don't do them is time normally. We are just so strapped for resources, and over worked to an extent, that once one thing is finished, it is on to the next. The rhythm allows little space for doubt or reflection unfortunately.
I disagree with the effectiveness of design reviews. We treat them largely as proof that the team is ready to start on a project. Once the project starts coding no-one looks at the design document again. The review process moves who the customer is as well.
The document ceases to be for the team, and the customer becomes the reviewers. As a consequence changes are made to the document by the team simply to get the reviewers off their backs and so they can have the design signed off on and can start coding.
Cynical? Yes, but the truth in how this all operates.
One of the issues we are facing is an expanding product line that the team is responsible for. Despite a heavy QA focus and support, I consider it our responsibility to deliver high quality code at all times. As a consequence QA is my customer for working code within our structure.
But a growing product line within the one creation path places pressure on this process. For one change deep down, we now have seven different products paths we have to test to ensure that we don't muck something up. This is only getting larger as well; we are publishing a new product next month, and embarking on a larger product which will add more products. Which will add new challenges.
As hulver notes, however, and continuing on from the opening quote, sometimes you do have to step away from the keyboard, and get explain your code structure to someone. I agree that it does improve the quality of the code.
Phoenix Eats Out is the restaurant review site for
Phoenix,
Scottsdale and
Old Town Scottsdale which lists the modernist and contemporary restaurants, taverns and bars in the greater Phoenix area.
This is the list of the most popular restaurants pages from phoenixeatsout.com that have been viewed the most;
My personal favourite restaurants in Phoenix are
AZ88,
Postinos,
Bomberos with
Grazie,
Humble Pie,
Orange Table,
The Vig,
Fez and others coming close behind. View the complete list with the photo-journalistic style images on
phoenixeatsout.com
Arizona is an outdoor state and has lots of hiking in the city and around the state. Phoenix is unusual for most cities in having several large mountains in the center of the city with great hiking. Anyone who comes to Phoenix has to do the
Echo Canyon trail on Camelback and the
Summit Hike on Squaw Peak or Piesta Peak. The views of the city, suburbs and surrounding mountains are wonderful from Camelback and Piesta Peak.
For more experienced hikers there is the McDowell Mountains in North Scottsdale that has several difficult and strenuous hikes in
Tom's Thumb and
Bell Pass. Alternatively, you can hike the highest mountain in Arizona. At 12,600 feet
Humphrey's Peak is a long and difficult hike.
Between 2004 and 2009 this site,
southsearepublic.org, was a constitutional blog based on scoop which focused on Australian and global constitutional issues.
One of the strongest aspects of it was the development of constitutions by those involved in the blog. These constitutions are the outcome:
The constitutions were built using principles from Montesquieu's separation of powers, the enlightnment's universal political rights and the ancient Athenian technology of sortition and choice by lot.
South Sea Republic started in 2004 as an Australian constitutional blog in 2004 based on scoop software. It was an immigrative outgrowth of Kuro5hin. The archives for each year since then;
The articles are ordered by views.
I am an Australian living in the United States as a permanent resident.
I am a software developer by trade and mostly work in Java and jump between middleware and front end.
I originally worked in the New York area of the United States in telecommunications before moving to Washington DC and
working in a mix of telecommunications, energy and ITS. I started my own software company before heading out to
Arizona and working with Shutterfly. Since then I have joined a startup in the Phoenix area and am thoroughly enjoying myself.
I do a lot of photography which I post on this website, but also on flickr. I have a photo-journalistic website which lists
the modernist and contemporary restaurants in phoenix. I have a site on the
Australian Flying Corps [AFC] which has been around since the 1990s and which I unfortunately
lost the .org URL to during a life event; however, it is under the
www.australianflyingcorps.com URL now.
The AFC website has gone through several iterations since the 90s and the two most recent are
Australian Flying Corps Archives(2004-2002) and
Australian Flying Corps Archives(2002-1999) which are good places to start.
