Re: distributed pair programming for JUnit?

Hi David,

David Saff wrote:
> Eike,
> 
> That definitely sounds interesting.  Is the plug-in ready to go, or is
> there something I should know first?
> 
The plug-in is ready to go. Just install it and choose your jabber 
server. We recommend:
     * talk.google.com
     * jabber.org
If you have any questions feel free to ask me or take a look at 
https://www.inf.fu-berlin.de/w/SE/DPP

Greets, Eike
>
> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Eike Starkmann
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi JUnit developers,
>>
>> my name is Eike Starkmann and I'm  working as part of the Saros Team at
>> the Freie University in Berlin.
>>
>> Saros is an Eclipse plugin for collaborative text editing and
>> distributed pair programming, i.e. it allows two or more developers to
>> work together in real-time on the same files. It is similar to Gobby,
>> SubEthaEdit or Google Docs but focuses on programming in Eclipse.
>>
>> In my opinion your  can benefit from Saros because I think it brings
>> many advantages to Open Source Software development:
>>
>> * Distributed Pair Programming is like a live peer review. This should
>> help with finding good design, get rid of bugs, increase readability, etc.
>>
>> * Transferring knowledge should be easier to do when more than one
>> person look at and work with the same code. This should also help to
>> give new developers an introduction to the code.
>>
>> * In contrast to screen sharing, Saros only shares your actions inside
>> of Eclipse with regards to the project you are both working on (think
>> privacy) and you are still independent to explore the project on your own.
>>
>> Saros can be useful in the following contexts:
>>
>> * Working on complicated problems in the code
>> * Performing code reviews
>> * Debugging
>> * Code presentation
>> * Code sprints
>> * Introducing new developers to the project
>> * ...
>>
>> It is my master thesis to figure out whether Saros is useful when
>> developing Free/Open Source Software.
>>
>> What do you think? Could you and JUnit benefit from doing pair
>> programming using Saros? If you think so I would like to join our
>> project and help you with using Saros.
>>
>> If you are interested in Saros but still curious about how it works
>> please visit our website or feel free to contact me.
>>
>> I hope you will find Saros useful and give me feedback.
>>
>> Kind regards, Eike Starkmann
>>
>> Website: https://www.inf.fu-berlin.de/w/SE/DPP
>> Update Site: http://dpp.sf.net/update
>> Saros @ SF: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dpp/
>> Programming Languages Supported by Saros :
>> https://www.inf.fu-berlin.de/w/SE/DPPCompatiblePlugin
>>
>> --
>> Eike Starkmann
>> This message is part of my Master thesis research. Feel free to contact
>> my advisors in case of inappropriate behavior on my side:
>> [email protected] and [email protected]
>>
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