The document is an introduction to a book about software defect prevention techniques. It provides an example project with 5000 lines of Java source code from 2004 that was analyzed using various static analysis tools. The tools uncovered over 1120 code violations and 121 design violations. The document then provides a detailed 37 video course on software engineering from IIT Bombay that covers topics like requirements engineering, formal specification, system modeling, design patterns, testing, and project management which provide a solid theoretical foundation for applying software defect prevention techniques. Finally, it summarizes the contents of each video in the course.