eXtreme .NET: Introducing eXtreme Programming Techniques to .NET Developers [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

The Team

Throughout this book, you will encounter dialogue between members of a team. This team is learning to become an eXtreme .NET team. I have taken most of these conversations from real-world experiences I have had while working with software teams.

Note:I''ve edited out swearing for your reading enjoyment!

The members of the team are as follows:

eXtreme Eddie Eddie has been programming for more than 20 years. He has done everything from mainframe work through to embedded systems. Eddie was an early adopter of XP techniques and has been using XP in Java projects for the past couple of years. Eddie embodies the XP spirit.

.NET Deepak Deepak is a young, smart coder. He graduated last year but has been using the .NET Framework since it first went into beta. Deepak knows and loves .NET. Deepak represents all there is to love about .NET.

Skeptic Sue Sue has been in software development for 10 years. She has been mainly developing Windows software in C and C++. Sue was promoted in her previous job to project manager, which she hated. She left and joined this team so that she could get back into developing software. Sue carries the scars from many failed projects and doesn''t trust new ideas.

Panic Pete Pete is very bright and comes up with amazing solutions for problems. He is the clown of the team. Pete has been writing code for 5 years but has never finished a single project he started. Pete panics when the going gets tough and verbalizes this panic. When this happens, he has previously quit.

Customer Chris Chris is the internal customer for the team. He works with marketing and the customer support team. Chris once tried to write some code on a training course. He didn''t enjoy it. Chris is a people person: He loves engaging in conversation.