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The software industry has practiced pair programming--two programmers working side by side at one computer on the same problem--for years. But people who haven't tried it often reject the idea as a waste of resources. … pair programming yields better software products in less time--and happier, more confident programmers.

Ward Cunningham, et al., Strengthening the Case for Pair Programming, IEEE Software 2000

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2024 (1)

2024

Pair Programming With Generative AI
IEEE Software 2024 (3)

2022 (2)

2022

Taking Flight with Copilot: Early insights and opportunities of AI-powered pair-programming tools
ACM queue (FREE) 2022 (6); by Christian Bird, Denae Ford, Thomas Zimmermann, Nicole Forsgren, Eirini Kalliamvakou, Travis Lowdermilk, Idan Gazit

2022

You Must Be Crazy To Do Pair Programming
GOTO Conference Videos (FREE) 2022; by Dave Farley

2020 (3)

2020

Qualitative Analysis of Knowledge Transfer in Pair Programming
PhD Theses 2020 (1); by Franz Zieris

2020

Pair Programming
Martin Fowler (FREE) 2020; by Martin Fowler

Pair Programming is a software development practice that has the developers work in groups of two.

2020

On Pair Programming
Martin Fowler (FREE) 2020; by Birgitta Bckeler, Nina Siessegger

Many people who work in software development today have heard of the practice of pair programming, yet it still only has patchy adoption in the industry.

2018 (1)

2018

Industrially Usable Distributed Pair Programming
PhD Theses 2018 (1); by Julia Schenk

2017 (1)

2017

Multifaceted Approach for Teaching Mobile Software Development: Class Experiences With Lectures, Tutorials, and Pair Programming
PhD Theses 2017 (1); by Mohammed Seyam

2016 (2)

2016

The Effectiveness of Pair Programming: Software Professionals' Perceptions
IEEE Software 2016 (4); by Wenying Nan Sun

2016

An examination of the employment of the pair programming methodology as a collaborative instructional scaffold on college student procedural learning and programming self-beliefs
PhD Theses 2016 (1); by Ronald Erdei

2014 (1)

2014

Towards an understanding of communication within pair programming
PhD Theses 2014 (1); by Mark Zarb

2012 (1)

2012

Unpacking collaboration in pair programming in industrial settings
PhD Theses 2012 (1); by Laura Plonka

2011 (2)

2011

The True Cost of Pair Programming: Development of a comprehensive Model and Test
PhD Theses 2011 (1); by Wenying Nan Sun

2011

Empirical assessment of the adoption, use and effects of pair programming
PhD Theses 2011 (1); by Jari Vanhanen

2010 (2)

2010

Responses to "How Pair Programming Really Works"
IEEE Software 2010 (2)

2010

How Pair Programming Really Works
IEEE Software 2010 (1); by Stuart Wray

2007 (1)

2007

Are Two Heads Better than One? On the Effectiveness of Pair Programming
IEEE Software 2007 (6); by Tore Dybå, Erik Arisholm, Dag I. K. Sjøberg, Jo Erskine Hannay, Forrest Shull

2006 (4)

2006

Globally distributed software development and pair programming
Communications of the ACM 2006 (10); by Nick V. Flor

2006

Pair programming improves student retention, confidence, and program quality
Communications of the ACM 2006 (8); by Charlie McDowell, Linda L. Werner, Heather E. Bullock, Julian Fernald

2006

Debunking the Nerd Stereotype with Pair Programming
IEEE Computer 2006 (5); by Laurie A. Williams

2006

Pair Programming Misconceptions
Martin Fowler (FREE) 2006; by Martin Fowler

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