John Hanrahan (9/6/2012)
Steve,I'm surprised no one mentioned algile development practices. It seems like agile is another word for minimal testing. That's fine when the consequences of your code are small but maybe not so much when it's a stock trading program. Do you know if they used 'agile' development. In the Seattle area it is the buzzword.
John
I suggest you read up on agile programming. Unit testing and acceptance testing both play big roles in the process. Anyone who uses agile to mean "develop and deploy" with no testing whatsoever isn't doing agile. That's cowboy coding. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development#Characteristics