Ted Roche wrote: > On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Paul McNett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I resist highly-defined development processes. > > If the definition means that it's fixed and static and therefore > brittle and restrictive, I agree. If it's a collection of best > practices, the kind of stuff we're already doing, only better and more > automated: self-unit-testing, TDD, BDD, small, quick rapid iterations > with lots of client involvement, continuous integration testing, > well-integrated source code control, well, those can be really > empowering to cowboy developers to do the work they love to do.
I agree! It's just that when looking at something like what Stephen posted, my eyes gloss over and I think "endless meetings". > I'm back from a couple days at a Ruby conference, and I'm really > impressed with the way that many of the top dev groups have integrated > those kinds of technology into their work, and how psyched they are > with how it works and the results they get. I'm bringing in more automated testing, including continuous integration testing triggered by Subversion commits for 2 target platforms, but given that I'm only one guy and can't be down for weeks getting things like this set up, it is happening iteratively over time. The great thing is that with every new thing I bring in, the more knowledgeable I am in total, whereas in a big company there'd be the continuous-integration-guy, and nobody else would know how to set it up. I do wish I could fork multiple processes of myself. Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
