... I considered it OT, but you've been on the list longer, so okiedoke. ... searching the July 17th draft for Phlip and finding the same places in the book...
amazon hasn't delivered my copy of 'TDD:By Example' yet, but I have started to try it out. I have a medium sized email with some 'duh' beginner questions, ...
... I've heard that objection. Perhaps this would be a good test case for Dale's point of view : whose problem is this ? Whose needs are met by the rule that...
... When my crew once was busy writing server apps, my role consisted of tricking them into writing more tests. Such as finding the most heinous and evil ways...
Our new article is now published: http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-mocktest.html If you decide to unit test using mock objects, you often find...
Hi all, What helps you to stay focused at work? What hinders that? What have you done that has helped you to focus? What have you done that has created...
Our XP team seems to be struggling with Customer tests. The developers were doing their best to write some kind of CT, and we now have taken the next step and...
passing comments/questions: From: http://www.xprogramming.com/xpmag/acsCodeManagementVision.htm Further Out 1. Whenever any pair gets a green bar, commit their...
... First off, Perl refactors like I screw - slow and sloppy. Switch to Ruby - the regex toys, Perl's only selling feature, are all exactly the same. You will...
Recently my company begin to exercise XP, begin to write unit test, which work great. However, my project partner don't really accept pair programming. He is...
... objectives (like revenue targets) appear (key word) to be irrational (or just unrealistic) to me, if we accept their objectives and use that information,...
Whenever a project plan is made, a task is assigned against each developer's name, which also implies that he is responsible for that certain piece of work or...
... ^^^^^^^^^^^^ *sigh* - I'll (be clear|use smileys|use quotes) next time. ... Who's you? I meant whatever Bob Martin meant by force. You'll have to ask him ...
Hi, I'm working on a short article about Extreme Programming for the Internet Professional column in PC Magazine. I'm interested in hearing anyones stories on...
Hi guys, I am new in this group and i just wanted to see if you guys can answer some questions that i have. 1.- what is a metaphor? 2.- why extremeprogramming...
[ FYI: I'm crossposting this to the XP list. ] ... Perhaps XP is not for you. The only thing that will fully prepare you for a situation is experience dealing...
Hi all, My management is very concerned with the programming team always slipping deadlines, and reducing features etc. We are currently not following XP. I...
... Having done this test-first from within the tool, I'm busting at the seams to tell anyone how. But it would require more surface area than one post. Ping...
Hi everyone. We're writign a proposal for some transition coaching. I know hiring a coach is a good idea, lots of people here have made that comment as well....
Hi, My partner and I are creating a software product which we hope to eventually bring to the marketplace. We are exploring XP as a possible project management...
Dave, Talk to Matt Stephens! <ducking> :) Dave Rooney Mayford Technologies http://www.mayford.ca ... From: Dave Astels [mailto:dave@...] Sent: November...
XP is very much about communication. In pair programming, if an error is made, your pair sees the error, hits you up side the head, you correct the error and...
Hi, I write in C++ some kind of compressing output stream. I do it test first and get along quite well with test like compressing / decompressing, flushing,...
From: "Jeffrey D. Brekke" ... Do the developers run the CTs at integration time? -- Phlip http://www.greencheese.org/HoneySatellite -- "Why have an attention...
Adventures in C#: A Code Management Vision Ron Jeffries 11/24/2002 A number of XPers have been talking about how code management should really work. Here are...
I wondered if any could share some experiences. I have a potential client who is attempting to use an automated test tool (Robot in this case) to test a...
Hi, After my first XP project, and because I've become very interested in XP, I"ve decided to release an open source tool to manage XP projects. We faced the...
... the ones created after the code is >written. The former are at the design level, and are frequently called "black box" tests. The latter are at the ... The...
From: "Darren Hobbs" ... Ruby - ... You ... Perl strapped even simple things like function arguments on after-the-fact, essentially using Perl's own text...
