Subj : Re: extreme programming (thoughts)
To   : comp.programming
From : matt
Date : Thu Jul 21 2005 03:10 pm

dan,

thank you for your comments.  you have some good points -- the bugs
found in QA post unit-testing due tend to be module-to-module type
problems.

i could conceide that programmatic unit-testing is not necessarily a
bad thing. but i think thru my first exposure to it -- in a paired
programming, no personal space environment, i was down on it.

i think my criticism may be more toward the rest of XP... i generally
dont like things that turn me more into a code-machine than i already
am. really not keen on striping away my desk, individuality, etc.
socially, i believe XP is bad for humans.

i also think the paired nature of it makes it more expensive than
straight dev -- considering that you have 2 devs doing the work (this
is compared to 1 dev, normal error handling and/or logging, QA people).
 generally, my bug hunts dont last as long as  your poor colleague's
experience!


matt

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