Do programmer pairs make different mistakes than solo programmers?

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• 作者：Matthias M. Mü ; ller
• 关键词：Pair programming ; Solo programming ; Defect comparison ; Eureka problems
• 刊名：Journal of Systems and Software
• 出版年：2007
• 出版时间：September 2007
• 年：2007
• 卷：80
• 期：9
• 页码：1460-1471
• 全文大小：790 K

文摘

Objective: Comparison of program defects caused by programmer pairs and solo developers.

Design: Analysis of programs developed during two counter balanced experiments.

Setting: Programming lab at University.

Experimental units: 42 programs developed by computer science students participating in an extreme programming lab course.

Main outcome measures: Programmer pairs make as many algorithmic mistakes but fewer expression mistakes than solo programmers.

Results: The second result is significant on the 5 % level.

Conclusions: For simple problems, pair programming seems to lead to fewer mistakes than solo programming.