Part I: Major Illnesses

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Chapter List

Chapter 1: Premature Optimization

Chapter 2: CAP Epidemic

Chapter 3: NIH Syndrome

Part Overview

The three major illnesses are Premature Optimization, CAP (Cut-And-Paste) Epidemic, and NIH (Not-Invented-Here) Syndrome. These represent the most commonly repeated mistakes that programmers from all skill levels are prone to make. They are also responsible for major losses in development time and money. While many agree that these are problem areas, they are still present throughout the industry due to a lack of knowledge about their full extent. The following chapters are intended to fill in much of this missing information and provide guidelines to help spot, prevent, cure, and otherwise alleviate these problems.

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