Extreme programming (XP) is a software development methodology that makes coding the primary activity. By promoting values such as simplicity and feedback, XP allows Java programmers to incrementally ...

Everyone complains about bugs in their software. Some can be tolerated, but many go beyond annoying and cause productivity losses. If it’s bad being the user of buggy software, think what it must be ...

Just like an other software development project, we shouldn’tstart an XP project until we’ve performed some return on investment (ROI) analysis. To do this, we need to be able to estimate both ...

In my previous article, I outlined the planning stages that are performed during an XP project, with a particular emphasis on the upfront planning that is ignored in many “XP” projects. This month I ...

Mob programming is a collaborative approach to software development in which a group of developers work together in real time on one task. Mob programming has its roots in pair programming, an Extreme ...

Pair programming is an Agile software development technique originating from Extreme programming (XP) in which two developers team together on one computer. The two people work together to design, ...