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Report bugs

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- Once a bug is identified, it should be reported right away. Use a reporting system to create and manage bug reports. Bug reporting systems make it easy to do things like report, triage, view, assign, and close bugs. There an abundance of options available. Some focus specifically on bug management, while others provide a variety of services to manage a software project. Some popular options include Jira, Rally, GitHub, and Bugzilla to name a few. I recommend managing bugs within the same software you use to manage your project. Otherwise, pick a tool specifically for bugs if that suits your needs best. For example, if your team uses Jira to track features, user stories and tasks, then bugs can be tracked there as well. With Jira, there are many attributes that can not only describe the bug but also assign a priority, status, or owner to the issue. Other systems like GitHub have fewer attributes but allow you to…

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