Subj : Re: extreme programming (thoughts)
To   : comp.programming
From : John
Date : Thu Jul 21 2005 05:59 pm

<matt@mailinator.com> wrote in message 
news:1121971306.967067.171350@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> (note: i am not an XP expert, nor have i received formal training in
> it. rather, im a good developer recently assigned to an xp project. but
> actually i think thats ok)
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I'm not an expert on XP either.  Actually I know very little, but judging by 
your attitude, it's obvious to me that your team is in for a hell of a 
failed project.

I don't know why your company would launch an experiment like this with team 
members who have such a negative attitude toward it.  Launching new 
technologies and processes have enough hurdles with people who are dedicated 
to making it happen.

Honestly, I'm shocked your company couldn't find people who wanted to get on 
this team.  I'd love to give XP a try.

As far as unit testing goes, there is an upfront cost, but the benefits even 
in debugging your code is enormous.  IMHO; not unit testing will be in the 
near future, if not already, a sign of incompetence.

Regards,
John

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