Comments on: Pair Programming: What do we gain from it? http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2008/09/28/pair-programming-what-do-we-gain-from-it/ Thoughts on Software Development Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:34:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Alfino Batolo http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2008/09/28/pair-programming-what-do-we-gain-from-it/comment-page-1/#comment-550 Alfino Batolo Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:20:10 +0000 http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/?p=385#comment-550 "Developers and testers both do essential but complementary jobs. TDD tries to make developers think in a way that is not natural for them. I always thought XP would be a better practice if pair programming would’ve asked for a developer to be paired with a tester all the time!" from this article: http://littletutorials.com/2008/09/29/thought-driven-development/ "Developers and testers both do essential but complementary jobs. TDD tries to make developers think in a way that is not natural for them. I always thought XP would be a better practice if pair programming would’ve asked for a developer to be paired with a tester all the time!"

from this article:

http://littletutorials.com/2008/09/29/thought-driven-development/

]]> By: Vivek Vaid http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2008/09/28/pair-programming-what-do-we-gain-from-it/comment-page-1/#comment-533 Vivek Vaid Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:41:19 +0000 http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/?p=385#comment-533 Mark - You are spot on target with all the benefits. The simplest principle I have is to use "conscious" pairing vs. "unconscious" pairing. A pair should always *know* why they are pairing. Mark – You are spot on target with all the benefits. The simplest principle I have is to use "conscious" pairing vs. "unconscious" pairing. A pair should always *know* why they are pairing.

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