Our CS program on campus is going all XP development. Granted they make us learn how to do all of the Design/Requirement/Analysis FUD, but our new labs are all setup for group programming around 2 or 3 monitors at once in a corner desk. If anything, it makes you write more flexible code, with less emphasis on "here, you do this part about JDBC, and we will meet again in 3 days". No one learns then, and I think the same could be applied to the work environment.
-Jacob | -----Original Message----- | From: Cliff Rowley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] | Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 1:01 PM | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: XP (and not the Microsoft kind) | | A bit of off-topic, but it's Friday, so there :) | | Today I read an new article on IBM developerWorks on eXtreme | Programming, in which the author pretty much sorts the wheat from the | chaff in explaining XP, and I am very interested. I'd avoided XP in the | past because all the FUD that surrounds it made it difficult for me to | determine exactly what it was and what it involved without spending a | significant amount of time researching it (time is money!). | | Now I am curious as to who is using XP and how true it is to it's | promise of increased collaboration, increased productivity and more | importantly increased project success rate. | | Being unedjumucated, I have found it difficult in the past dealing with | projects in the various ways I have experienced. I've not had a great | time all in all, with too many horror stories for someone with only 4 | years professional experience. I've found myself asking 'why?' quite a | lot, and I've always wondered if there was a better way. This also has | a lot to do with why I operate as a one man band, and generally try to | avoid 'complicated' development. | | If anyone has any views on XP or any real world world experience with | it, I'd love to hear about it. It appears that XP is being more widely | adopted these days, with JUnit and various other tools available that | support the XP processes. | | The article is here, for anyone interested: | http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-xp0813/?n-j-8152 | -- | | Regards | | ------------------------------------------- | Cliff Rowley | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Software Engineer | www.doctype.co.uk | +44 (0) 1206 514263 | www.cliffrowley.com | ------------------------------------------- | | | -- | To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:struts-user- | [EMAIL PROTECTED]> | For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:struts-user- | [EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | --- | Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. | Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). | Version: 6.0.381 / Virus Database: 214 - Release Date: 8/2/2002 | --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.381 / Virus Database: 214 - Release Date: 8/2/2002 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
