Thursday 30th November. Spitalfields, London, England. I’m off to pair program for two days with my old friend Rachel … More
Category: pair programming
Coding Tour – Stop Two – JavaScript & Event Sourcing at Dev Camp Belgium with the Cucumber Team
Tuesday 14th November. London St Pancras. I’m about to hop on the Eurostar with two members of the Cucumber team … More
Coding Tour – Stop One – React.js with Clare Sudbery at Thoughtworks
Thursday 19th October. Manchester, England. It’s raining. I’m on my way to meet up with Clare Sudbery at the brand … More
What the heck is a Coding Tour anyway?
First some background: I am a 47 year old mother of three. I graduated with a 1st class honours degree … More
Desirable Pair Programming Behaviours – Tag team
I have distilled my ethnographic research on pair programming into a number of observed desirable and un-desirable pair programming behaviours*. … More
Undesirable pair programming behaviours – The Thrasher and The Divider
This post details behaviours* that were observed during my pair programming studies and were considered to be either undesirable when … More
An alternative take on the ‘Driver’ and ‘Navigator’ roles in pair programming.
Our findings so far suggest that experienced pair programmers under-rate their experience. They also cast some doubt on previous claims … More
So what do the Driver and Navigator really do?
If we look at popular descriptions of pair programming, we don’t have to search very far to come across ideas … More
So how much do pair programmers really collaborate?
There are many different ways that pairs may work together. I particularly like the distinction made between Collaboration and Cooperation. … More
“It’s for the next person that works on this” and other lies about lists
Pair programmers often make lists, or at least the pairs I studied did. Mostly these lists were produced as an … More
