Last Updated: February 25, 2016
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· devtripper

The Debug Quality Metric

There is a good number of software quality metrics available in this world : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_metric

From my experience, I have found that there is an extraordinary correlation between debugging and software quality. And the rule is :

"The quality of any particular piece of software is inversely proportional to the time spent debugging it"

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5 stars : I dont remember last time I have debugged

4 stars : Debugging from time to time

3 stars : Usually once per 2 weeks iteration

2 stars : Frequently debugging

1 stars : Using Debugger more frequently than Facebook

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Debug abuse means:
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1. There is not enough validations. Code breaks easily.

2. Poor or inexistent unit testing. You notice errors late.

3. Code is over engineered, or a HC (https://coderwall.com/p/eup6pg?i=1&p=1&q=&t%5B%5D=%21%21mine&t%5B%5D=%21%21bookmarks)

How many stars is your code?