Pair programming is a agile software development technique, with 2 people working together on one terminal. While the first person focuses on syntax and other tactical aspects, the other reviews the code from the larger context perspective.
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How to manage pair- programming code check in user identification?
How do you identify users when a programming pair checks in code? I heard a complaint that, often a junior dev will be at the keyboard, using his/her account, but is not going to be the best person to ...
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Good coding problem/s to use in an interview [closed]
I've read a lot of different articles on how to locate good programmers, including the Joel Spolsky and Steve Yegge stuff. Overall I feel we have a pretty good interview process. We ask good ...
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Handling Difficult Distributed Version Control System Merges With Pair Programming
A common problem in my very small team workflow is handling merges from trunk/stable repositories up to feature branches which are ahead of the trunk or stable versions, but which need to track the ...
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Programming task organization
My friend and I decided to create a large programming project together. Before that, I have never worked in a pair (I had quite many projects on my own and at work the boss defined the task for me). ...
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How to add team/pairing accomplishments to a resume [closed]
The teams I work on tend to practice pair programming with frequent rotation of work and people among pairs. This means that very few features or technical accomplishments are the work of a single ...
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When to (enforce) linting in a software project
I'm heading a new team of developers working on a software project that makes use of continuous integration (circleci) w/ a pretty fleshed out suite of busterjs unit/integration/acceptance tests. Our ...
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Time required to start coding at a new company [closed]
I am a software engineer for 4 years, and I just changed my company for the first time.
Company works with pair programming, and it's been 3 days, I couldn't even write a single line of code.
It's so ...
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Peer programming and experience sharing
There was a mention in the Java Posse Podcast about how teams should be divided up into pairs. However, there was a mention from the lady on the podcast that: "Pairs should be mixed up [sic]" (an ...
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Should Junior Programmers be involved as code reviewers in the projects of Senior Programmers?
One of my team members, a junior programmer, has impressive programming skills for his level of experience.
And during code reviews, I believe in emphasizing learning, not pointing out mistakes.
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pair programming and teaching
Pair programming is seen as a helpful teaching strategy - in fact, compared to singleton work, almost a magic bullet:
better learner satisfaction
higher exam scores
for longer - later exams continue ...
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Pair programming when driver and observer have different skill level and experience
I know pair programming is an agile software development technique in which two programmers work together at one workstation. One, the driver, writes code while the other, the observer, reviews each ...
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Remote pair programming set up over a VM
We are looking for a new way of doing pair programming. It's looks like best way of programming, it is faster and you push out great tested code. But there are some downsides.
Ad hoc items that pop ...
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Pair programming business logic with a non-IT person
Have you had any experience in which a non-IT person works with a programmer during the coding process?
It's like pair programming, but one person is a non-IT person that knows a lot about the ...
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Pair programming and unit testing
My team follows the Scrum development cycle. We have received feedback that our unit testing coverage is not very good.
A team member is suggesting the addition of an external testing team to assist ...
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Reasons for Pair Programming [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Pair Programming: Pros and Cons
I've worked in a few shops where management has passed the idea of pair programming either to me or another manager/developer, and I ...
