Better Software magazine Feature Article It Takes Two to Tango by Rachel Davies What every software manager should know about pair programming and how to...
Pair Programming - This is a fascinating topic to discuss these days. But the question that I ask myself is "Does this topic, really worth to discuss? Is this...
"Does this topic, really worth to discuss? Is this practice practical?" My team has been doing it for over 3 years. Our product has taken off and profits are...
... That's not consistent with what I see in industry. The people I work with know quite clearly the difference between peer reviews and pair programming. The...
... I think you suspect that Pair Programming is more of a theoretical practice? We (ThoughtWorks) practice it on many of our projects. Differing client...
... Try it. ... Follow that thru to its logical conclusion: Reviewing static code is boring; easy to miss things. Reviewing the act of changing code is much...
... the question that I ask myself is "Does this topic, really worth to discuss? Is this practice practical?" These are questions worth asking of any practice....
Hi Can somebody advise me some resources about building a software test plan in XP Programming and how to prepare manual test caes and test procedures for...
1) Don't write a plan - write an automated test. Minimize documentation - maximize automation. You can write clean tests that are better documentation anyway. ...
Don't forget exploratory testing, which is *not* manual scripted test cases. As a trivial example, I am writing a rudimentary GUI in Cocoa (the Macintosh's UI...
Hi, Do you have a special need to write a test plan, for example, your client requires it as a deliverable? If so, try to make it as useful to yourself as you...
... Each week, the Onsite Customer appoints a new list of features to implement this week. The customer writes them on cards, to make them portable, ...
I installed it on the C: drive of a WinXP box I have and it works just fine. The set up where it didn't work was the D: drive of a Win2K Pro box. Looks really...
You can write comments inline using FIT as well. The wiki simply makes it easier to edit for people that don't have access to the source (among other ...
... If your product is for farmers, you need an Onsite Customer who is better at farming than other tasks, such as computing. Getting this individual authoring...
I have spent several years as a programmer working in teams where all production code is written in pairs so I can confirm that pair programming is practically...
... Testers pair when scripting tests, and when exploratory testing, and doing all sorts of things. Testers also pair with developers during development, or...
What is a test plan? A test plan is a set of risks, answered by a set of test ideas--that set is also known as a test strategy. When you prepare a strategy,...
I write a test plan, but it is as Michael pointed out, a strategy for how I am going to test. I identify risks so that others are aware of some of the issues....
"The plan is nothing; the planning is everything." Dwight Eisenhower ________________________________ From: Janet Gregory [mailto:janet_gregory@...] Sent:...
Again, late to respond... but JY was me! And I don't have a hygiene problem! Really, I don't! :) I was actually only peripherally involved in that project...
... My product (and many others) are NOT "google maps", and much could be tested without going through the UI. ... Most likely yes. ... Maybe. ... Incorrect...
... that set is ... Test cases should certainly be written to focus on the highest risks. In agile, stories are narrow in focus, and I find this makes the...
Automated tests are usually to be preferred over manual tests, but in some cases the costs of automating are not worth it. But if you say that, then you've...
Keith, I have had the privilege of meeting Michael, and despite his questionable taste in headgear, his head itself is screwed on more straightly than I might...
Keith>I've met Michael Bolton as well (at PSL), so I hope he will take my strong language in the spirit in which it was intended. Actually, you met me at AYE,...
Ron: > Now, the discipline I teach would ask that we write a test for the legend's presence before fixing the bug. In practice, I very likely would not, unless...
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