Remote Pairing: Collaborative Tools for Distributed Development

by Joe Kutner

You've heard about pair programming's fewer bugs, improved skills, and faster delivery. But what happens when you want to pair with someone in another city, country, or even hemisphere? With the right tools, you won't have to relocate to refactor. In this book, you'll learn techniques used by the most productive remote programmers in the industry to pair with anyone on the globe on any kind of project. You'll use collaborative editors, screen sharing, secure networking, and virtualization to create a remote pairing environment that feels as if your partner is sitting right next to you.

Genres: Programming, Nonfiction, Software, Technology

108 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Jose Lobato · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed it becase it talks about geek solutions. But I'm not using most of the techniques explained.

[Yannick Schutz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good overview of technical side of remote pairing

[Aleš Roubíček · Rating 3 out of 5]

Většina textu je o setupu tmuxu, pak cloudový instance v EC2, pak Eclipse a semtam krátká zmínka alternativních nástrojích, které mě zajímají mnohem více. Takže si Screenhero, appears.in a Floobits budu stejně muset prozkoumat sám.

Každopádně velký přïnost pro mne měla kniha v první a v poslední kapitole. V první jsem si snad odboural bias ohledně nutnosti kolokace při párování. Poslední kapitola přináší zkušenosti z firem, které takto fungují - jako Pivotal nebo Relevance (dnes Cognitect). Jako motivační intro do RPP dobrý.

[Katie Cunningham · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great guide for remote offices. Not only does it make the case for having remote workers, it also goes into quite a bit of detail about the various tools that can be used to bring an office together. Google Hangouts is not always enough!

I recommend reading this if you have a remote worker, are a remote worker, or plan on hiring a remote worker. Trust me, you do not want to figure this sort of stuff out on the fly! It wastes time and resources!

[Nikolay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good overview of why pair programming is good, even in remote teams and of all the tools available these days.

[Gyuri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good overview of tools for remote pairing. It's a good reference book of the lot of different techniques for remote pair programming