Software Quality

Software Robustness and Timeout Retry Backoff Paradigms

September 2, 2024
20 min read
Software quality

Programs access external resources, including I/O devices and remote services. These resources can be unreliable, requiring robust handling strategies like timeouts, retries, backoff, and jitter.

Quality Attributes of Computer Programs: Implement Software Robustness

August 15, 2024
11 min read
Software quality

Robustness is a crucial software quality attribute that measures a software’s ability to function correctly under adverse conditions.

Illustrative Explanation of Fault, Error, Failure, bug, and Defect in Software

July 29, 2024
17 min read
Software quality

Software do not always behave as expected. Mistakes in the implementation or in the requirements specification cause issues in software.