-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jonathan,
This sounds like the most awesomested idea for a dojo evar. :-) And yes, I agree with you in your original post that a vacuum is a bad thing. Like anything worth doing I suppose it's a balancing act so people don't feel coerced into methodology X while being exposed to it in such a way that they take away the stuff that inspires / works for them. Any / all suggestions for how to walk this tightrope are most welcome! :-) N. On 07/02/12 15:59, Jonathan Hartley wrote: > People are always banging on about how programming lacks > scientific rigour when it comes to evaluating common practice. > > Is TDD *always* faster? > http://blog.8thlight.com/uncle-bob/2012/01/11/Flipping-the-Bit.html > > Is it *ever* faster? > http://www.davewsmith.com/blog/2009/proof-that-tdd-slows-projects-down > > Who knows? Fortunately, we have the tools to answer the question > once and for all. We, at the London Dojo, could run a randomised > trial: > http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/sep/30/run-your-own-scientific-trials > > > > I'm curious what results we'd get if we randomly made some Dojo > teams use TDD for the assignment, and others not. Our usual time > contraints result in a mad scramble for the finish line. Would TDD > make the task harder, or easier? Would the results be more > functional, or less? > > Perhaps it doesn't make sense: A team assigned to do TDD might only > have members who were not practiced in it. But I can't help but > wonder what results it would produce. Is anyone else curious? > > Jonathan > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPMVAUAAoJEP0qBPaYQbb6G8kIALMOCcFUBitOLFcDk/I3NdF0 P2BSPnmUQHkmi9foIMuzGLpS4DAw+m89PGELmPCBkLxlli8wQP4BOKmt8d6YqL8B vyrMmxZgK6zRRHrAW26hblk+DG/UpIy9ret7i2JMBn24DI0u/DwHL6TBiVL68tUy CkuIhycT5oui9Rty9J6zyEc5E7FeJv2EF/mBC2T/tS6nFX064xgoIG9j2RR+oI7m crDYua4h3a4d+QWbq8G9t4vTro/paVQot+Xp5ESmqx4ZyN+KkKrgsPJv7cxTRmvp DVsVmMmFkj+OE6Pc+uqkYrXJHoPH0Ss6DkJaDnXZHvf+Fo76i7E2Fk0p6HZy63E= =7MqL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk
