Reading your posts I think I have been where you are at, unfortunatly I couldn't convince those around me that what was going on around me was bad. I finally...
... Dennis, Given three rolls with pin-counts of 5, 5, and 3, I think that the score for frame 1 should be 13, but there is no score for frame 2 yet, because...
I know, that's what I was trying to explain. :) When I was requesting the score for frame 1, I actually got frame 2. public int ScoreForFrame(int frameIndex) {...
... My implementation (in Java) usually looks like ... public int getScoreForFrame(int frameNumber) { return frames[frameNumber - 1]; ) Keep going, let the...
... As Tim Haughton wrote, using GMail works great. When in the morning I boot GMail and 10 messages in 1 thread have arrived, they all show up under each...
... I've had this happen a number of times. When it does happen, either: 1. My test is wrong, or 2. I had written speculative production code, or 3. I'm having...
... (Send me your physical address and I'm happy to send you a cube.) To be a little more specific about what else is there: http://xp123.com/xplor/ - has a...
Geoff, If there is any chance of a test passing, I'll run it. If I just implemented the stubs and I know the test won't pass, I'll implement the code without ...
... You frame this happenstance in a negative light. I've experienced cases where I was asked to see if the system did something, and because the design was...
... Actually, when I do it I don't expect a compile error because I should have already created the stub for the new method. (IntelliJ should have told me ...
... implemented ... without ... is when I ... parameterized tests ... implemented the ... sooner. Ok. That is the key that I was looking for. Thanks. Geoff...
... should have ... told me ... because the ... that there ... failure ... Sorry, I didn't post the full context of my "other" conversation. ... The...
... ... What are these tests testing before the code exists? What do TDD tests look like? I've seen only extremely limited examples in one of the eXtreme...
... Such things are scarce in the hinterlands. The local Economic Development Council was recently publicizing their attempt to get a maker of air compressors...
... The where? The what? The which? ... Believe me, we don't have these in Dorset, either. Neither did we have them in Cumbria, my base before I moved down...
... Well, I'm honored that you consulted our book, but you really had to take that sentence completely out of context to justify 2-3 week tasks. The complete...
... Hi, Dennis! Having faced similar problems before, here's my advice: Do as much planning and documentation-writing as you need to convince yourself that...
... That's actually an excellent suggestion. Part of XP comes from its participatory power. Having a map of the territory is good; I'm fond of Ron's...
Thanks, that's a really good advise! I'll have to try that some day, creating documentation to satisfy my primal instinct to create documentation, as well as...
... I wholeheartedly agree. Some additional suggestions: - make it simple. Focus on two or three practices that are most important to the team. - make it...
I know that the conventional XP wisdom regarding frameworks is to build at least two applications and refactor the commonalities out into a framework to...
I'm in almost the exact same situation. I think that with care, the integrated approach is better, but I understand how if the technical debt accumulates that...
... Our iterations are at 1 month intervals. ... splitting ... up". ... This is the key feauture for this iteration. When I say a task of three weeks I may...
... Hi Dave, an extremely good question. In my experience, generic application frameworks don't emerge, at least not in a useful cost efficient way. This seems...
... Dave ... I missed your description of the tangible benefits of the single integrated approach. Could you review those, and the benefits of the "stovepipe"...
... Why can't use case analysis be done in the prior iteration along with creation of the scripts? What are you using the sequence /scenario diagrams, and...
Well-factored code and automated tests should communicate better what your POC is doing and how than detailed documents. If it doesn't then work on improving...
... Not to sound too sardonic, but isn't this the group where people quite frequently tell other people "if you're not doing all of the practices, you're not...
