Ask HN: Pair programming for web development?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=490847

by trickjarrett • 17 years ago

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I realize, at the core, programming is programming is programming. But do you all actively use, or have thoughts on pair programming for web development? I have yet to find a company which uses it for web development and am wondering if there are some who use it.

markup• 17 years ago

Never used it myself

tmilewski• 17 years ago

Me neither. I can't see this as a very efficient method. Isn't this what code reviews are for?

With regards to pair programming, I think it should be two people working closely together (physical distance) on a related code so that they can easily collaborate. I feel that this way you can kill two birds with one stone. You both should fully understand the code while still being able to cover more ground.

thaumaturgy• 17 years ago

I proposed doing this with a graphics person for a from-scratch project that had a very short release timeline. Project got scratched though so I don't know how it would've worked out. But, it seemed logical for me to be coding up in HTML/CSS/JavaScript the various elements that they were mocking up, as they created them.

qohen• 17 years ago

The link to "I Love Pair Programming", a post on the nomachetejuggling.com blog, was posted on HN yesterday. The post describes in detail the advantages perceived by the author to using pair-programming.

And, it got many comments here on HN, so, if you didn't see it, you might want to check both the post and the comments about it:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=490173

Ask HN: Pair programming for web development?

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