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10 Tips for Digestible Pair Programming

Pair Programming is an Agile software development technique proposed by the eXtreme Programming (XP) approach. Software developers are aware of the fact that this technique can have some huge advantages. Pair programming is an efficient way to share knowledge, it gives you an almost instant feedback loop, and delivers higher quality, less error-prone code.

Pair programming can be exhausting though. The constant conversation with a colleague and continuous flow of ideas and feedback can be extremely tiring and might result in a severe headache at the end of your workday. However, it doesn’t have to be this way. This presentation discusses some easy ways to improve the quality of your pair programming sessions. They will help to make it – in addition to being super useful – a lot of fun. Discover 10 tips to help you improve your pair programming sessions to make them digestible.

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Text reference: How to keep pair programming digestible

Further reading: Will Pair Programming Really Improve Your Agile Project? (A critical look at the book Pair Programming Illuminated)