... When I asked a similar question on the newsgroup prior to this mailing list - my question was actually about applying refactorings to code imported from,...
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Barry Gervin
bgervin@...
Feb 2, 2000 3:27 am
Okay thanks very much for the tips on branching & merging. I'm sure it will be helpful.... however, the reason I'm asking here, is of course for XP insight and...
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Kay Johansen
kay@...
Feb 2, 2000 2:37 am
... Mike, Thanks for the post, I found it very helpful in trying to explain why pair programming works. Because I already know that it does work. Pair...
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Robert C. Martin
rmartin@...
Feb 2, 2000 1:21 am
Done!...
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Ron Jeffries
ronjeffries@...
Feb 1, 2000 11:21 pm
... I'd like to see the code that can do this thing. Ron Jeffries Extreme Programming Training and Consultation www.XProgramming.com...
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Andy Glew
glew@...
Feb 1, 2000 10:59 pm
Blarg.... sorry about that. My keyboard got screwed up, starting spewing garbage, and needed to be rebooted. ... If the test produced a false positive when run...
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Michael C. Feathers
mfeathers@...
Feb 1, 2000 10:58 pm
... From: Phil Goodwin <phil.goodwin@...> ... LOC ... one. ... It seems that there are a lot of forces. Ideally a piece of code should be simple to...
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Brad Appleton
bradapp@...
Feb 1, 2000 10:54 pm
... I guess I can't turn down such a generous offer. Not that this necessarily has any strong relationship to XP (maybe it does and maybe it doesn't), but if...
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Chris Berry
cberry@...
Feb 1, 2000 10:53 pm
Greetings, I would like to suggest that the ListServe shorten the email tag it applies to email from this list. What about, say, [xp]. Then we can see more of...
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Serge Beaumont
in000391@...
Feb 1, 2000 10:50 pm
Right, next questions. I've read the XP book and Refactoring completely now, and I am having the most trouble with what stories are like. Yes, I know that...
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Chris Berry
cberry@...
Feb 1, 2000 10:19 pm
Greetings, A buddy of mine just turned me on to an amazing tool for refactoring Java code. It is called Woodenchair (www.woodenchair.com). It allows you to ...
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Don Wells
jdonwells@...
Feb 1, 2000 10:18 pm
... Not everyone agrees with the XP principals on everything. Explosions occasionally occur. It is purely coincidental that none have occured here yet. Don...
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Phil Goodwin
phil.goodwin@...
Feb 1, 2000 10:06 pm
... Okay, sure. But what does 'simple' mean anyway? Ron once said to use LOC as a metric for simplicity. Is that it? Is it the fewest number of methods?...
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William Rutiser
wru@...
Feb 1, 2000 9:48 pm
Some well known aircraft designer once said "Simplificate and add lightness". This is one of those things that is easier to say than do. Changes that restrict...
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Dave Thomas
Dave@...
Feb 1, 2000 8:54 pm
... There's another way of looking at this, though. You become immersed in something, learn its ways and its foibles, and, once initiated, become a staunch...
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Michael C. Feathers
mfeathers@...
Feb 1, 2000 8:54 pm
... From: Joshua Kerievsky <joshua@...> ... well ... the ... work". ... simplicity, ... I like how Chet Hedrickson of the C3 team put it on...
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Phlip
phlip@...
Feb 1, 2000 8:52 pm
From: <cbrooksbank@...> ... your ... If you only type just enough to change the code the tiniest amount to satisfy one requirement, you'l...
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Geoffrey Clements
gclement@...
Feb 1, 2000 8:51 pm
... small ... Actually, I'd really like to go to one of these, but I'm on the wrong coast, and I can't afford it. (I'd be paying for it out of my own pocket.) ...
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DesRues, Kevin
KEVIN.DESRUES@...
Feb 1, 2000 8:32 pm
I used the CRC card method in the design of a mobile piece. They helped a tremendous amount in defining the responsibilities and the interplay of the classes....
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Mike Schneider
michael.schneider@...
Feb 1, 2000 8:26 pm
Geoff, If that is you concerns, please hold out. I would value your comments. Many people on this list are still trying to understand the relationships...
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Andy Glew
glew@...
Feb 1, 2000 8:25 pm
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Joshua Kerievsky
joshua@...
Feb 1, 2000 8:21 pm
... Yes, in the past 6-months I've been doing just that and challenging folks in my Design Patterns Workshops to do the same. I call this activity deGoFing. In...
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Mike Schneider
michael.schneider@...
Feb 1, 2000 8:19 pm
Barry, Clearcase works very well for this as it versions directories, as well as, files. The merge tools are good, and multisite support is available. It is a...
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Ron Jeffries
ronjeffries@...
Feb 1, 2000 8:18 pm
I could be mistaken, but I'm sure Kent did tell the C3 team exactly that. Of course a lot of what we told them has been refined. Kent is usually more extreme...
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Ron Jeffries
ronjeffries@...
Feb 1, 2000 8:10 pm
According to my email files, you have posted 22 times out of about 1200 total postings, about 1/60. I've posted over 100, which suggests that I've so far...
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Joshua Kerievsky
joshua@...
Feb 1, 2000 8:04 pm
Robert Martin writes ... Wiki has had a page called DoTheSimplestThingThatCouldPossiblyWork for well over a year now, and the expression has certainly made its...
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Geoffrey Clements
gclement@...
Feb 1, 2000 7:31 pm
Hi, ... list ... Wait another week or two. You'll see what I mean. Usually when I participate in a mailing list I expect an occasional reply. Perhaps no one...
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Michael C. Feathers
mfeathers@...
Feb 1, 2000 7:26 pm
... From: Joshua Kerievsky <joshua@...> ... abstraction ... Patterns ... I agree. One fun thing to do with patterns is to unfold them. Image...
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Ron Jeffries
ronjeffries@...
Feb 1, 2000 7:25 pm
... As I read the text and walk the walk, it means exactly that: DO the simplest thing that could possibly work. See, for example: p 38: Treat every problem as...
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Ron Jeffries
ronjeffries@...
Feb 1, 2000 7:14 pm
... One of them is. However, you have to do the other ones, as Zhon so nicely points out above. ... I'd never code for the future, always code for the task I...
