September 2008
The Archives
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09.28.08Test driving under 5 minsI like watching technical screencasts. They are usually short, to the point and demonstrate a specific technique or a new feature in the language or framework. What I like the most about them is learning from people. Observing them typing and their thought process to attack or present a solution. I wanted to do my first screencast about test driven development. This is by no means an introduction to TDD. I actually don't talk about it. I rather code and hopefully show the value that way. Here is a good starting point if you need an introduction to TDD Under 5 minutes, I have ...
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09.28.08Pair Programming Mind MapI like mind maps. I use them a lot at work. And at home, I sometime use them for cooking recipes ;-) They are great to get your ideas and thoughts organized around a topic. As an exercise, I created a pair programming mind map with the characteristics that I find important about pair programming. I have been pair programming for more than a year and once you see the benefits of it it's difficult to go back to solo programming. There also some challenges and misconceptions about this practice that I wanted to capture in the map below.