This quarter, Stanford’s Computer Science Department will implement “pair programming” in the introductory computer science (CS) courses CS 106A: Programming Methodology and CS 106B: Programming ...

We’ve all heard the fable of "The Tortoise and the Hare." We have likely ignored the lesson of the fable that slow and steady wins the race. Nowhere is it more apparent that we’ve forgotten what the ...

Have you ever wondered what Pair Programming is, or how it works? “If I were to summarize Pair Programming in four words, it would be ‘Two programmers, one pencil.’ ” One day I was just listening to a ...

Editor’s note: Farhan Thawar is the VP Engineering of Toronto’s Xtreme Labs. Before joining the Xtreme team, Farhan held the positions of Chief Software Architect at I Love Rewards, the Head of Search ...

Imagine that you had someone looking over your shoulder at work at all times. Things that you do every day, like checking Facebook for a quick break or drafting an email to your boss, are different ...

There is a trend in the technology industry in which software drives the configuration and operation of IT infrastructure, including networking. This means that software, instead of per-device ...

"Using one computer for two people? Doesn't that cut productivity in half?"—Software development team managers and schedulers ...

The skill of pair programming, an increasingly popular agile software development technique, is separate from the general software development skill. Years of PP experience are neither a prerequisite ...

At Stats Perform, Engineering Manager Brad Pederson said that having two employees simultaneously think about different ways to solve a problem has led to an improved set of solutions. Those solutions ...