Programming Productivity
by Capers Jones · first published 1981
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…27 of Code Complete (2nd ed.) discusses this. So does http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3037293 among other HN threads. Also, if anyone has access to Capers Jones' "The Impact of Program Size" from Programming Productivity (1986) and is feeling generous, please cite the relevant findings. I can't find it online.
on “Why I don’t like Dynamic Typing” ↗…test 15% 25% 30% System test 25% 40% 55% Low-volume beta test (<10 sites) 25% 35% 40% High-volume beta test (>1,000 sites) 60% 75% 85% Source: Adapted from Programming Productivity (Jones 1986a), "Software Defect-Removal Efficiency" (Jones 1996), and "What We Have Learned About Fighting Defects" (Shull et al. 2002). Really, I'm not saying that TDD is bad, not at all.…
on “Some things I've learnt about programming” ↗