Below we provide a list of suggestions for each member at the company who is participating on a pair programming session. They are not mandatory but highly recommended.
- Define the task/s to work on and consider them to be
- small
- clear
- independent
- Trust your partner
- It doesn’t matter who has more experience when it comes to learn, you are on the session to give and receive feedback and learn from each other.
- Communication is key
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Talk as much as you need, through simple dialogues you can learn a lot and understand each other points. -
If you are on a remote session:- Consider a quiet place, free of distractions
- Be on a high quality internet speed
- Consider this remote tools
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- Be aware of pace, sometimes you or your partner is being left behind, sync up.
- Every achievement no matter how tiny is a reason to celebrate.
- Switch roles
- You learn a lot by taking different perspective of the matter.
- Egos apart
- Don’t take things too seriously. The ego manifestation can be detrimental and It could damage collaboration and learning.
- If so, it’s alright to say sorry. There is strength in needing others.
- Be ready to be amazed
- That will happen, people is capable of extraordinary things and your pair programming partner is not the exception
- Be respectful
- Leave your mobile away unless you have something important to pay attention.
- Turn off notifications from your computer, you can even use zen mode provided by some text editors
- Always build with tests on mind