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  • Pair Programming improves your communication skills

    Many developers in our industry prefer a dark corner to the presentation podium. This is often explained away with references to introverted personalities and geekish tendencies. While this may be true for certain individuals, there are definitely many benefits to breaking away from this stereotype....
    Posted to Jonathan Cogley's Blog (Weblog) by thycotic on 03-19-2007, 12:00 AM
    Filed under: Extreme Programming, Test Driven Development, Pair Programming, Software Development, Code Camp, TDD, General Software Development
  • Will TDD become mainstream?

    I have been asked a number of times in the last few years if I think TDD (Test Driven Development) will go mainstream. Firstly, we need to agree on what mainstream is – Wikipedia does not give any hard numbers ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainstream ) but it seems like 20% would be a good number...
    Posted to Jonathan Cogley's Blog (Weblog) by thycotic on 02-25-2007, 12:00 AM
    Filed under: Extreme Programming, .NET, Test Driven Development, Pair Programming, Software Development, TDD, General Software Development
  • New office with Pair Programming team room

    We have just moved our offices from the Vienna, Virginia area to downtown Washington DC. We now have more space for our team room and have tried new strategies to minimize wiring and optimize communication across the team. Here is a picture of 2 pairing stations in the new team room. The desks are part...
    Posted to Jonathan Cogley's Blog (Weblog) by thycotic on 08-19-2006, 12:00 AM
    Filed under: Test Driven Development, Pair Programming, Software Development, TDD, General Software Development
  • Pair Programming at DC Extreme Programming User Group tonight!

    I will be presenting on Pair Programming (something we practice daily at Thycotic ) tonight at the Washington DC Extreme Programming User Group . The session involves an exercise (which I have blogged about before ) but it is always interesting to hear peoples opinions and past experiences. Pair Programming...
    Posted to Jonathan Cogley's Blog (Weblog) by thycotic on 06-20-2006, 12:00 AM
    Filed under: .NET User Groups, Fun, Pair Programming, Software Development, General Software Development
  • What motivates software developers?

    Developers who simply work for a paycheck have different priorities so I am going to ask you to forget about them for a minute. If you joined software development out of pure passion for the industry then you have a different agenda. Building software is a very creative and constructive process but the...
    Posted to Jonathan Cogley's Blog (Weblog) by thycotic on 05-15-2006, 12:00 AM
    Filed under: .NET User Groups, Pair Programming, Software Development, Code Camp, TDD
  • Pair Programming in Rockville MD on Weds 2/1/2006

    " Imagine working the code while constantly rethinking the grand scheme of the design in your head. Imagine catching your typos first time, every time. Imagine finding bugs twice as fast and having a good conversation about how to approach finding them. Imagine learning new techniques, ideas and strategies...
    Posted to Jonathan Cogley's Blog (Weblog) by thycotic on 01-30-2006, 12:00 AM
    Filed under: .NET User Groups, Pair Programming, Software Development
  • Pair Certification? (70-316 passed == MCAD)

    Wednesday was thycotic 's first Microsoft Certification Exam Day . This is a new initiative at our company to put dates to our goals and focus our minds on certification. Most of our consultants have one or two certifications on their list for annual employee goals. Human nature usually allows this to...
    Posted to Jonathan Cogley's Blog (Weblog) by thycotic on 08-19-2005, 12:00 AM
    Filed under: .NET, Pair Programming, Software Development
  • The Code Fairy - solutions/ideas

    Mark Needham posted about a behavior pattern he has observed and labeled "The Code Fairy" .  The concept is writing code in off hours (without your pair) when your programming pair didn't want to go along with your changes. Being a fully pair programmed shop , we come across issues like...
    Posted to Jonathan Cogley's Blog (Weblog) by thycotic on 04-10-2009, 12:00 AM
    Filed under: Pair Programming, Software Development, General Software Development
  • Pair Programming and Pandemics

    Pouya has posted about the dangers of illnesses when Pair Programming on our team blog.   Jonathan Cogley is the CEO of Thycotic Software, an agile software consulting and product development company based in Washington DC.  Secret Server is our flagship web password management product.
    Posted to Jonathan Cogley's Blog (Weblog) by thycotic on 06-25-2009, 12:00 AM
    Filed under: Extreme Programming, Test Driven Development, Pair Programming, Software Development, General Software Development, Agile
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