Extreme Programming
Posted in agile on March 17th, 2005 by Georges – Comments OffLast night I attended the BayXP monthly meeting for the first time. I have been running software development projects “XP style” (minus pair programming) since 2002 and have been wondering how other people approach it. The meeting was well attended and ran smoothly. The presentation was from a development team who worked on a greenfield project using XP from the start. You can learn more about their experience here.
It was very refreshing to see developers excited about the practice of collective code ownership, test first development and pair programming. Everyone was very participatory and willing to share openly.
My favorite quote from William Pietri, the XP coach on the project (quoted from memory):
When a developer pair program for the first time, it feels like the first time being in a locker room. You are around a bunch of naked people and it feels awkward the be naked too.
A good place to start learning about Extreme Programming. The Bay XP site provide information about upcoming meetings and link to mailing list.
