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What system do you use for bug tracking?

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Re: What system do you use for bug tracking?

#21
I use //TODO: in my Visual Studio stuff. VS will find them for you automatically, I don't even have to grep for them.

I also try to write code so small and simple that it approaches the complexity of "Hello World." That way, it's easy to find the bugs.

Re: What system do you use for bug tracking?

#23
When I have a choice (not very often when working with a company) I use FogBugz. It's a bit pricey compared to FREE, but now that they have a hosted version, it's great if you need to track bugs with a team.

The simplicity and approach of FogBugz is fantastic. Really worth a look if you have the cash to afford it. That being said - they do have provide it for free if you only need 2 accounts. See: http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?biz.5.482288

Re: What system do you use for bug tracking?

#24

Trac ( http://trac.edgewall.org/ ) is awesome. It also has very good integration with subversion, if you want that (but you can ignore that aspect if you just want a bug-tracker).

We also use Trac (for a ~8 person engineering team). Works great: very convenient to have a wiki, bug tracker, and SVN browser integrated together in one nicely-designed piece of software.

Re: What system do you use for bug tracking?

#25

When I have a choice (not very often when working with a company) I use FogBugz. It's a bit pricey compared to FREE, but now that they have a hosted version, it's great if you need to track bugs with a team. The simplicity and approach of FogBugz is fantastic. Really worth a look if you have the cash to afford it. That being said - they do have provide it for free if you only need 2 accounts. See: http://discuss.joel…

Joel, we know it's you.

Re: What system do you use for bug tracking?

#30
post #7

Comments at the top of the file.

On personal projects I use comments like (defun foo (x y z) ;; FIXME: foo should not barf if x is nil and then periodically grep all my sources for "FIXME".

This is so common that many of the syntax files for Vim even have TODO FIXME XXX NOTE and others included, so they're highlighted and easy to spot.
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