Category Archives: Pair Programming

Continuous Compliance

Posted on September 3, 2019 by davef

I work as an independent consultant advising organizations on how to improve their software development practice. This is a very broad theme. It touches on every aspect of software development from design, coding and testing, to organizational structure, leadership and … Continue reading →

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Perceived Barriers to Trunk Based Development

Posted on November 26, 2018 by davef

A friend of mine has recently started work at a new company. She asked me if I’d answer a few questions from their dev team, so here is the second… Q: “Currently at MarketInvoice we use short-lived feature branches that … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile Development, Continuous Delivery, Culture, Effective Practices, Feature Branching, Pair Programming, TDD | 5 Comments

Pair Programming for Introverts

Posted on November 22, 2018 by davef

A friend of mine has recently started work at a new company. She asked me if I’d answer a few questions from their dev team, so here is the first in a short series of their questions and my answers… … Continue reading →

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Pair Programming – The Most Extreme XP Practice?

Posted on April 4, 2016 by davef

I was an early adopter of Extreme Programming (XP). I read Kent’s book when it was first released in 1999 and, though skeptical of some of the ideas, others resonated very strongly with me. I had been using something like … Continue reading →

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