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Just a few thoughts...
I did daily remote pairing at Outpace for about 3 years. We started with
Mac's default screen sharing (VNC), tried Screenhero briefly (we found
it flaky as well, with occasional crashes on some machines, and a recent
re-attempt didn't convince us to switch). We ended up adopting Zoom.us
for our video chats, and ended up using its screen sharing ability instead.
The latency was enough (from time to time), however, for a remote
keyboarder, that we decided to not use screen sharing for programming.
Instead we used tmate (a fork of tmux) and character-mode editors
(emacs, vim)--while often also doing a screen share so people could also
observe desktop activities. Very effective, though probably a little
frustrating if you love your magical IDEA or Eclipse editors.
I found remote pairing to be considerably more difficult than live
pairing; there are too many ways to get distracted, and no safeguard of
someone to smack you when you do. Any latency issues make it frustrating
for the non-hosting party. Still, I'd rather pair when distributed than
not pair.
Regards,
Jeff
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Langr Software Solutions, Inc.
http://langrsoft.com
> Rob Park [email protected] [extremeprogramming]
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> I have never seen Screenhero be flaky. It's been consistently the best
> tool for me for remote pairing (which I've been doing for a long time
> now). This would include newbies to seniors IME.
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> Steve Smith [email protected] [extremeprogramming]
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> Hi Milton,
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> Zoom.us is free for 1:1 meetings, or for more people for 40-minute
> blocks at a time. It works well most of the time.
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> ScreenHero is a bit flaky but is free (if you can get an invite), and
> is nice for pairing because it allows both users' mice to be visible
> and functional at the same time on the shared screen. It doesn't
> support webcam sharing, though.
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> Earlier this year I recorded a Pluralsight course on pair programming,
> which includes tips for making it work remotely as well as in person,
> here:
> https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/pair-programming
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> Thanks,
> Steve
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> Steve Smith
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> I'm organizing a team that works remotely, who are new to XP. I'm new
> to XP -- a recent convert and true believer in the team approach to
> development. I even know how to organize the tasks around the use
> stories and task cards using a storyboard. Agile is great!
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> I just wonder if a video request by me will work if the users have low
> bandwidth. Any tips to encourage them to be sure they 'see' each other
> for at least 15 minutes a day and to work together.
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> Also, any tips of collaborative software. I'm starting with Asana and
> we'll be using Skype. If anything, I can certainly get them on the
> screen -- but me as project manager might be overkill if done every
> day. I plan to meet them remotely at least once a week and at most 2
> time, with getting daily standup email updates from them.
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> Thanks ahead of time. I'm also new to this group.
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