Subj : Re: extreme programming (thoughts)
To   : comp.programming
From : Phlip
Date : Fri Jul 22 2005 02:59 pm

Dennis Crane wrote:

> I used to work with XP addicts and must to say that XP is not a good
> technique for retail and custom software development. We always had to fix
a
> lot of bugs after those guys. They wrote fast and a lot but usually their
> code quality and reliability is poor. It's not acceptable for serious
> software.

It sounds like they were doing "no comments, no tests, and no design", not
XP.

If they had a defect rate, did they respond by writing tests for each
defect, then writing more tests in the defect's category?

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  Phlip
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