fail fast

Definitions

1. 1

   To report immediately any condition likely to cause a failure, rather than attempting to…

   To report immediately any condition likely to cause a failure, rather than attempting to continue.

   • To prevent these gaps from being a problem, write your code to fail fast. Use assertions to signal the limits of your design; if someone tries to use something that isn't implemented, the assertion will cause his tests to fail.
   • In lieu of those unneeded hooks, write code to fail fast and prevent gaps from becoming a problem.
   • Adding abstract to the base class causes your code to fail fast with an error that's easier to fix.
2. 2

   To fail earlier rather than later, thus minimizing the fallout and allowing for timely…

   To fail earlier rather than later, thus minimizing the fallout and allowing for timely redeployment of resources to another business case or business model.

   • fail fast and pivot

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