Tip of the day: Read an Art Book
Here’s my favorite tip – get your hands on a copy of Glenford Myers’ The Art of Software Testing and read it. You say that you’re not a tester, but a software engineer? All the more reason to read the book! Not only will it help you write better code it will help you understand how to better verify your code before you, um, turn it over for testing.
A few additional points about Glenford’s book – it’s very expensive so I would suggest that you look for a used copy or borrow a copy from your local library system. Also, I feel that there are some sections of the book (e.g. the section on cause-effect graphing) which are less valuable and can be skimmed over. Finally, the second edition of the book added pages without, in my opinion, adding significant value while at the same time doing away with the super cool 70’s dust cover <grin>.