Statistics on this may be quite variable as I know of a few companies local to me that are on and off with pair programming. I have done pair programming at one job and seen it very successful at a friends job. I use it when I teach RoR workshops, and I find it is quite helpful but does present some requirements: a base line of education and problem solving abilities.
Overall I think it is a far superior way to develop software (especially web software) because I do believe more heads yield better code. But again, it requires those heads to have that base line education (a B.S. in Computer Science... or some other marker for a starting place) otherwise you will end up with a Sr. developer and a Jr. developer who never achieve one of the most beneficial goals of PP-- shared wisdom and an increase in skill. If the individuals in the pair are too far apart one will get left behind or one could potentially feel frustrated far too often. I've tried working with people far above me, far below me, and right around the same grounds. Really is fascinating what you can teach/ learn from pairing though. On May 23, 8:32 am, Hassan Schroeder <hassan.schroe...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 7:42 AM, Phlip <phlip2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > (Y'all _do_ practice Pair Programming, don't you??) > > Nope. Never had the opportunity. You? :-) > > It's an interesting idea, with at least one major practical drawback, > but I wonder what percentage of Rails development is *actually* > being done in a Pair Programming environment. > > -- > Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ hassan.schroe...@gmail.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
