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Tag Archives: best practices
git init
Post by Scott Vlaminck
Apr
23
2008
Jason Rudolph has a great post discussing getting started with git, the new kid on the block for version control. That post alone makes a compelling argument to me for trying it out. This quote hit a little too close … Continue reading
Posted in Software Development
Tagged best practices, code, convention over configuration, how-to
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Peer Code Review
Post by Scott Vlaminck
Jun
9
2007
No time for code reviews? Maybe Peer Code Reviews are a better fit. As it turns out this is something that we’ve actually been doing for a while at Refactr without having a “real” name for it. We’re a small … Continue reading
More on daily meetings
Post by Scott Vlaminck
Apr
9
2007
Jon discusses why he and his team abandoned daily team meetings – a standard practice for many agile teams, particularly those using Scrum or XP. I can definitely sympathize with a couple of his reasons because I’ve had some of … Continue reading
Agile Roles
Post by Jesse O'Neill-Oine
Feb
12
2007
Many people struggle to understand where their role fits on an agile team. A lot has been written about this topic, but I’ll attempt to clarify how I believe traditional roles (i.e. Architect, Developer, Project Manager) can transition effectively to … Continue reading
Agile Revolution
Post by Casey
Sep
26
2006
Gus Power has an interesting quote about the agility of a team, “Agility of a team is inversely proportional to the number of external people involved.” If this is true, and I think it is, how do you convince the … Continue reading
Posted in Agile Processes
Tagged best practices, communication, discussion, on-site customer, people, Small Teams
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The Appropriate Amount of Time for Discussion
Post by Casey
Sep
18
2006
I have been on too many projects where the discussions went way overboard (many times through my own causing.) It is so easy to fall into the trap of “let’s just discuss it quick” and one hour later still be … Continue reading
Posted in Agile Processes, Business, Software Development
Tagged best practices, communication, Reduce the plumbing, refactr.com, Web 2.0, writing
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Rewriting is refactoring.
Post by Ben Edwards
Jul
25
2006
Matt Linderman of 37signals posted this today about the essence of refactoring: “Whether we’re authoring software or prose, rewriting is key. Rewriting is when you turn good into great. It’s true for books, blog posts, marketing copy, interfaces, code, etc. … Continue reading
Get an On-site Customer Now
Post by Casey
Jul
14
2006
Presumably, you want to give Agile a shot and are tossing around which principles to implement first. The number one thing I recommend going all out on from the beginning is having an on-site customer. And I don’t mean a … Continue reading
