The Ultimate Developer Collaboration Technique: Ping Pong Pair Programming

Join Nick Goede (http://www.nickgoede.com) and Anthony Sciamanna (http://anthonysciamanna.com) as they reprise their talk from last year's Heart of Agile Conference (http://heartofagile.com/heart-of-agile-conferences/heart-of-agile-pittsburgh-2017/).

Pair programming is challenging for uninitiated developers. It has been promoted as a practice that yields higher quality code and improved team collaboration, but many developers avoid it because of its challenges and the changes it leads to in their workflow. Ping Pong Pair Programming is a technique that is easy to learn, addresses the frustrations that arise from practicing traditional pair programming, and encourages other development practices that also yield higher quality code. In this talk the basics of Ping Pong Pair Programming will be described as well as how it addresses the challenges of traditional pair programming. It ends with a demonstration of the practice.

About the Speakers:

Anthony (@asciamanna (https://www.twitter.com/asciamanna)) is a software developer, engineering coach, and blogger with two decades of experience in the industry. He currently works for eMoney Advisor, a financial technology company, in the Philadelphia area. He is passionate about Test-Driven Development, pair programming, other Agile / eXtreme Programming (XP) practices, software craft, and helping cross-functional teams improve the way they work. You can learn more about him and read his blog at http://anthonysciamanna.com .

Nick is a software developer and development coach. He currently works at eMoney Advisor, a financial technology company in the Philadelphia area, coaching development teams by helping them learn and improve. He has been working with and advocating for eXtreme Programming for over a decade, especially the developer practices it includes such as pairing and TDD. Lately, he has been thinking a lot about product development and how to create product teams within an organization instead of project teams. Some of his thoughts can be found at his Twitter (@ngoede) and his blog(https://www.nickgoede.com (https://www.nickgoede.com/)).

We look forward to seeing everyone, please RSVP by Tuesday, January 30th.

Agenda:

6:00p - 6:30p: Food & Networking

6:30p - 8:00p: Talk