We in the software industry are still far behind when it comes to automated quality checks. Toyoda Sakichi for example invented the automated loom with stop the line capability almost 100 years ago. I write more about that in my first blog in a three-part series on building the quality in on the SmartBear blog.
It may seem old school, but every now and then I’ll start pristine Emacs and hack away on a piece of Java. I mainly do this for small stuff, since starting or setting up Eclipse takes a little bit too long for such minor projects. Even so, I don’t do this as often as I used to.
Why? I guess you know the answer: Nowadays, even the thought of not having instant feedback on syntactical and semantical correctness makes me shudder. It’s like coding in the dark. Incremental compilation is one of those great innovations that have increased the quality of our work.
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