Mob Programming in COVID-19 Times
What Is Mob Programming?
Simply put, mob programming is about getting together with at least three developers and start coding on a single keyboard. At any given time one developer is actually typing, the ‘Driver’. All other developers take the ‘Navigator’ role. They all review, discuss and describe what the Driver should be doing and the Driver narrates. The roles are swapped very frequently to keep everyone fresh and engaged. It’s the ultimate form of collaboration and peer review.
Mobbing During Lock Down
So now you know that mob programming is about live coding together on the same piece of code. But how do you do this when everyone is working remotely during this pandemic. With my current team we decided to give it a go regardless. There’s excellent online collaboration tools available these days, so it must be possible to exercise mob programming fully online. We’ve practiced for three days in a row in a mob programming hackathon. Below I’ll describe my experience.
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