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Open Source Software

Leave a Comment / Featured Post, Software Engineering / By Martin Dwyer

This blog is committed to promoting open-source solutions. Why? In short, because they are better for the client. Here are six great reasons that we believe open source is the best way to meet client software needs: License Free. It’s license free, leaving the client completely in charge of the software that supports their needs. …

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Exceptions: Catch or Throw

Leave a Comment / Featured Post, Software Development / By Martin Dwyer

This post addresses exception handling in a Java development environment, the catch-or-throw rule, and general guidelines for determination of which exceptions should be thrown as they occur. Whenever a Java method could result in a processing exception, the method can either (a) catch the exception and handle it within, or (b) throw the exception back …

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Ethics in Software Testing

Leave a Comment / Featured Post, Software Development / By Martin Dwyer

This post provides an overview of software failure and ethical considerations. Software failure is a common event with far reaching consequences. After a comprehensive examination of English language news sources for the year 2017, software testing company Tricentis found 606 software failures reported by 314 companies, impacting 3.7 billion people, costing $1.7 trillion dollars (Tricentis, …

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