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  • I just write code ...
    • "... and the Slash guys sitting right here, they don't write tests!"

      Okay, so I might be a little bitter because I'm writing unit tests for Everything [sf.net], exposing and fixing several bugs and trying to figure out how some features ever worked. :)

      • Yeah, but we don't have those problems. ;)

        Our biggest problem is documentation, which as I understand (?) XP isn't big on to begin with.

        • Dare I suggest "Issue Mode" as a Slash feature which seems to work, yet defies all resonable attempts at explanation?

          I can't point at any one particular source, but don't believe XP eschews API or end-user documentation. The idea seems to be "Travel Light" (no adverb, sadly). PERT charts, UML diagrams, reams of detailed specifications, and even code comments have a way of going out of date. XP suggests to avoid them, unless they really help.

          (Of course, if I were strict I'd say "NO documentation wo

          • I thought we explained it already in some email or other. It works as it was intended to work, insofar as it was completed, which isn't very far. :-)

            As to some of the metamoderator code, I do not accept your dare to look at it. :-)

          • I can't point at any one particular source, but don't believe XP eschews API or end-user documentation. The idea seems to be "Travel Light" (no adverb, sadly). PERT charts, UML diagrams, reams of detailed specifications, and even code comments have a way of going out of date. XP suggests to avoid them, unless they really help.

            The best source to point to is Beck's Extreme Progamming Explained. The party line is that the individual aspects of XP are self-reinforcing, but only when practiced under ideal

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