Comments on: Changing Developer Behaviour, Part II http://misko.hevery.com/2008/09/10/changing-developer-behaviour-part-ii/ Testability Explorer Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:59:03 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Mark Roddy http://misko.hevery.com/2008/09/10/changing-developer-behaviour-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Mark Roddy Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:36:29 +0000 http://misko.hevery.com/?p=208#comment-171 I like this idea a lot. I've been trying to figure out how to get people in my group to write more (in some cases any at all) unit tests in our code base. I think tracking code coverage of the tests over time could help with this. Though there's one thing I would worry about: "The screaming will stop as soon as each person has received individual attention to learn how to code correctly. " Some resistance has been very ego driven. I hear statements like "I've been programming for X years just fine. I know what I'm doing." to justify not testing. Essentially, proposed process changes are taken as a personal accustations against their abilities. My first thought was that some people would claim that they already know how to "code correctly" and be come even more resistant. -Mark I like this idea a lot. I’ve been trying to figure out how to get people in my group to write more (in some cases any at all) unit tests in our code base. I think tracking code coverage of the tests over time could help with this. Though there’s one thing I would worry about:
“The screaming will stop as soon as each person has received individual attention to learn how to code correctly. ”

Some resistance has been very ego driven. I hear statements like “I’ve been programming for X years just fine. I know what I’m doing.” to justify not testing. Essentially, proposed process changes are taken as a personal accustations against their abilities. My first thought was that some people would claim that they already know how to “code correctly” and be come even more resistant.

-Mark

]]> By: Changing Developer Behavior - Part 1 | Miško Hevery http://misko.hevery.com/2008/09/10/changing-developer-behaviour-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Changing Developer Behavior - Part 1 | Miško Hevery Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:39:47 +0000 http://misko.hevery.com/?p=208#comment-149 [...] as well as socially acceptable.  But this isn’t enough: it must be constantly reinforced.  Part II of this series will present ways to make progress toward change highly visible yet subtly [...] [...] as well as socially acceptable.  But this isn’t enough: it must be constantly reinforced.  Part II of this series will present ways to make progress toward change highly visible yet subtly [...]

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