Comments on: Pair Programming: Refactoring http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2009/05/26/pair-programming-refactoring/ Thoughts on Software Development Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:46:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Twitter Trackbacks for Pair Programming: Refactoring at Mark Needham [markhneedham.com] on Topsy.com http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2009/05/26/pair-programming-refactoring/comment-page-1/#comment-21809 Twitter Trackbacks for Pair Programming: Refactoring at Mark Needham [markhneedham.com] on Topsy.com Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:54:05 +0000 http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/?p=1255#comment-21809 [...] Pair Programming: Refactoring at Mark Needham www.markhneedham.com/blog/2009/05/26/pair-programming-refactoring – view page – cached Thoughts on Software Development — From the page [...] [...] Pair Programming: Refactoring at Mark Needham http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2009/05/26/pair-programming-refactoring – view page – cached Thoughts on Software Development — From the page [...]

]]> By: Mark Needham http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2009/05/26/pair-programming-refactoring/comment-page-1/#comment-17809 Mark Needham Thu, 28 May 2009 23:26:30 +0000 http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/?p=1255#comment-17809 @Makk384 - I've actually not worked on a team that does code reviews nope. You're right about prototyping being a time when pair programming might not add a great deal of value although I think it depends what stage in the prototyping that we're at. I wrote a bit more about when to pair -> http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2008/10/09/pair-programming-why-would-i-pair-on-this/ Haven't seen prototyping potential refactorings before though, sounds like an interesting idea to try out, thanks. @Makk384 – I've actually not worked on a team that does code reviews nope.

You're right about prototyping being a time when pair programming might not add a great deal of value although I think it depends what stage in the prototyping that we're at. I wrote a bit more about when to pair -> http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2008/10/09/pair-programming-why-would-i-pair-on-this/

Haven't seen prototyping potential refactorings before though, sounds like an interesting idea to try out, thanks.

]]> By: Makk384 http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2009/05/26/pair-programming-refactoring/comment-page-1/#comment-17804 Makk384 Thu, 28 May 2009 21:37:26 +0000 http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/?p=1255#comment-17804 A much easier approach, and one that I find requires fewer resources, is for someone to do a prototype change, and present it to the team. Generally less disagreement about whether the approach will work, and less of a feeling from other team members that the pair doing the prototype work are conspiring against them. Assuming a process is in-place to do a code review (you do do code reviews, right?), then this approach is less bogged down than typical pair programming exercises. Mind you, I do believe pair programming has it's place, usually in finding solutions to seemingly intractable problems, but general prototyping should not be one of them. A much easier approach, and one that I find requires fewer resources, is for someone to do a prototype change, and present it to the team. Generally less disagreement about whether the approach will work, and less of a feeling from other team members that the pair doing the prototype work are conspiring against them.

Assuming a process is in-place to do a code review (you do do code reviews, right?), then this approach is less bogged down than typical pair programming exercises. Mind you, I do believe pair programming has it's place, usually in finding solutions to seemingly intractable problems, but general prototyping should not be one of them.

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