Comments on: Did Java do us a favour, or no? http://matthewneale.net/2009/02/07/did-java-do-us-a-favour-or-no/ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:32:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Matt http://matthewneale.net/2009/02/07/did-java-do-us-a-favour-or-no/#comment-23 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:35:28 +0000 http://matthewneale.wordpress.com/?p=153#comment-23 That’s pretty crummy!

I don’t know who to attribute this quote to, I’ve heard it said many times and I’m a big believer in the fact that you can’t test-in quality, it has to be designed-in and built-in.

]]> By: John Rutter http://matthewneale.net/2009/02/07/did-java-do-us-a-favour-or-no/#comment-22 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:13:59 +0000 http://matthewneale.wordpress.com/?p=153#comment-22 Agree on this – defensive programming should persist, even if the application development language includes default catches for such errors, that does not mean the developer can skip such checks.

btw, I’m using Adobe Photoshop Elements V6 and it frequently crashes in Windows with a null pointer. Puts me off upgrading to V7, as I seriously doubt they’ve fixed that sort of problem in the codebase.

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