XP is a Communist conspiracy. -----Original Message----- From: Cliff Rowley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 2:01 PM
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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
