Re: Solving problems and fixing bugs

[alpha]

Building a testcase can sometimes be way too difficult to begin with (go test a gtk+ app or something even more scary). Step 7 seems most important anyway.

[dragonchild]

If you can't see your way to building a testcase, then your code was built wrong. GTK+ apps, to use your example, are testable using any number of scriptable GUI testers (such as Rational Rose or, on OSX, Automator). Webapps are similar testable using Selenium. Come back when your problem deals with threads and random data.