Tuple’s Pair Programming Guide

Tips, tutorials, and resources for thoughtful pair programmers

Articles

• The Case For Pair Programming
• Your First Pairing Session
• A Pairing Session Template
• Styles of Pairing
• Pairing Antipatterns
• Lesser-Known Benefits of Pairing
• How To Pair With A Junior Dev
• Scientific Research Into Pairing
• Great External Resources

Videos

• Pairing on Elixir, Phoenix, and Elm
• TDD Ping-Pong in Ruby
• Pairing on HTML/CSS/Design
• Why Your Engineers Are Afraid To Pair
• Talking Pairing with Shopify’s VP Eng
• Todd Sedano on Considerate Pairing

Audio

• The Art of Pairing
• AMA with Ben Orenstein

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