CPP--competition based coding
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Won't that break the teamwork aspect? People working on the same part of the project won't help each other 'cause they want to be the one to win. That's just what we don't want.
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God." - Jesus
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhijdunlap wrote: People working on the same part of the project won't help each other 'cause they want to be the one to win. An interesting point. But that's only if work is delegated to teams to begin with, instead of to individuals. What I've seen in the past is that work is delegated to individuals, and it's the individual that's the weak link. He he he. Who gets to "fire" someone??? (But seriously, how do we handle slackers like me?) However, there is that approach--delegate work to teams instead of individuals. But that adds an interesting level of complexity in that a team leader pretty much (I would think) needs to exist. Teams could be pretty dynamic though--people could be on several teams and have several roles across the different teams. Marc Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.
Sensitivity and ethnic diversity means celebrating difference, not hiding from it. - Christian Graus
Every line of code is a liability - Taka Muraoka
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What do you all think? I've seen some of these projects die because you end up needing some critical piece of code from someone and they don't deliver. I figure the design should identify the components to a sufficient granularity to allow people to compete for the implementation. Whoever's is best (qualified of course by also getting it done), as decided by the project manager, gets their code put into the project. Not everyone would compete on the same module/function--there would be teams assigned to different pieces. OK. Le'me have it for this idea. Marc Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.
Sensitivity and ethnic diversity means celebrating difference, not hiding from it. - Christian Graus
Every line of code is a liability - Taka Muraoka
Microsoft deliberately adds arbitrary layers of complexity to make it difficult to deliver Windows features on non-Windows platforms--Microsoft's "Halloween files"I don't think we want people going on their own tangents, but we can leave this up to each project team. They can do things however they want as long as they get it done, and done right.
Jason Henderson
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." - Winston Churchill
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What do you all think? I've seen some of these projects die because you end up needing some critical piece of code from someone and they don't deliver. I figure the design should identify the components to a sufficient granularity to allow people to compete for the implementation. Whoever's is best (qualified of course by also getting it done), as decided by the project manager, gets their code put into the project. Not everyone would compete on the same module/function--there would be teams assigned to different pieces. OK. Le'me have it for this idea. Marc Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.
Sensitivity and ethnic diversity means celebrating difference, not hiding from it. - Christian Graus
Every line of code is a liability - Taka Muraoka
Microsoft deliberately adds arbitrary layers of complexity to make it difficult to deliver Windows features on non-Windows platforms--Microsoft's "Halloween files"Until someone can explain the negatives of your idea I like it. Good cure for lazy arsed programmers (hey, stop looking at me!) who start off eager and then forget to put in new energizer batteries. The implementation details of your idea though will have to wait until we have chosen the projects and seen how many are keen for each idea.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChris Losinger wrote: i hate needles so much i can't even imagine allowing one near The Little Programmer
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Until someone can explain the negatives of your idea I like it. Good cure for lazy arsed programmers (hey, stop looking at me!) who start off eager and then forget to put in new energizer batteries. The implementation details of your idea though will have to wait until we have chosen the projects and seen how many are keen for each idea.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChris Losinger wrote: i hate needles so much i can't even imagine allowing one near The Little Programmer
I concur. Since collaboration on projects would be long distance it would probably be better to use a more adversarial version of extreme programming. Less, "Hey, let's do it this way." and more, "Your sorting routine is wayyy slow, here is a faster one." Note, not :mad: adversarial. Just :cool: adversarial.
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Until someone can explain the negatives of your idea I like it. Good cure for lazy arsed programmers (hey, stop looking at me!) who start off eager and then forget to put in new energizer batteries. The implementation details of your idea though will have to wait until we have chosen the projects and seen how many are keen for each idea.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChris Losinger wrote: i hate needles so much i can't even imagine allowing one near The Little Programmer
I see these projects as learning tools for all of us. I'd like to be able to work with better programmers than me (like Marc and yourself). I think competition would somewhat hinder that goal.
Jason Henderson
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." - Winston Churchill
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I see these projects as learning tools for all of us. I'd like to be able to work with better programmers than me (like Marc and yourself). I think competition would somewhat hinder that goal.
Jason Henderson
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." - Winston Churchill
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Until someone can explain the negatives of your idea I like it. Good cure for lazy arsed programmers (hey, stop looking at me!) who start off eager and then forget to put in new energizer batteries. The implementation details of your idea though will have to wait until we have chosen the projects and seen how many are keen for each idea.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChris Losinger wrote: i hate needles so much i can't even imagine allowing one near The Little Programmer
Paul Watson wrote: Until someone can explain the negatives of your idea I like it. The funny thing is, when I first heard of extreme programming and pair programming, that's the first thing I thought it would be--competitive based programming oriented toward learning and utilizing the best. I was pretty disappointed when I read that one guy looks over your shoulder. *Brrrr* Gives me the shivers. What a waste of time. Sort of like the lowest bidder system for procuring government equipment. Plus, I like my own keyboard shortcut layout. I read the in XP, you should swap who "drives" a lot. I'd spend more time swapping in and out custom keyboard layouts than getting work done! Marc Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.
Sensitivity and ethnic diversity means celebrating difference, not hiding from it. - Christian Graus
Every line of code is a liability - Taka Muraoka
Microsoft deliberately adds arbitrary layers of complexity to make it difficult to deliver Windows features on non-Windows platforms--Microsoft's "Halloween files" -
I see these projects as learning tools for all of us. I'd like to be able to work with better programmers than me (like Marc and yourself). I think competition would somewhat hinder that goal.
Jason Henderson
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." - Winston Churchill
Jason Henderson wrote: I'd like to be able to work with better programmers than me That is a big part of why I am here at CP. Broaden my horizons and to keep myself justly humble. [Edit]However, competition, if appropriately structured, may be a good thing. Let's pick our project(s) first and then go from there. A problem with democracy is that everybody has something to say and nobody can agree. [/Edit] --
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What do you all think? I've seen some of these projects die because you end up needing some critical piece of code from someone and they don't deliver. I figure the design should identify the components to a sufficient granularity to allow people to compete for the implementation. Whoever's is best (qualified of course by also getting it done), as decided by the project manager, gets their code put into the project. Not everyone would compete on the same module/function--there would be teams assigned to different pieces. OK. Le'me have it for this idea. Marc Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.
Sensitivity and ethnic diversity means celebrating difference, not hiding from it. - Christian Graus
Every line of code is a liability - Taka Muraoka
Microsoft deliberately adds arbitrary layers of complexity to make it difficult to deliver Windows features on non-Windows platforms--Microsoft's "Halloween files"Marc Clifton wrote: to allow people to compete for the implementation. I wouldn't like to see our projects becoming some programming contests. My intention to take part of CPP is to learn - improving my programming skills while working together with very good programmers, getting more experience in working in a team and project management (which is challenging at all as for we would be a distributed team). I like the team idea where teams are working on parts of the app, but I'd prefer to work together, which of course would mean to have team leaders. Greetings,
heinz r. vahlbruch
c++ & c# programmer from germanyIf IntelliSense doesn't have it, it ain't worth calling - Anonymous
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What do you all think? I've seen some of these projects die because you end up needing some critical piece of code from someone and they don't deliver. I figure the design should identify the components to a sufficient granularity to allow people to compete for the implementation. Whoever's is best (qualified of course by also getting it done), as decided by the project manager, gets their code put into the project. Not everyone would compete on the same module/function--there would be teams assigned to different pieces. OK. Le'me have it for this idea. Marc Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.
Sensitivity and ethnic diversity means celebrating difference, not hiding from it. - Christian Graus
Every line of code is a liability - Taka Muraoka
Microsoft deliberately adds arbitrary layers of complexity to make it difficult to deliver Windows features on non-Windows platforms--Microsoft's "Halloween files"If we have competative module building, people are going to come up with good designs / ideas. We should have competition/comparison/merging and iteration stages so that all peoples work does not go to waste. Imagine you spent a week on a section and it was not used at all. That would piss people off, and may cause people to drop out. If people know that anything they submit will go through a review/merge stage and not just used/thrown-away verbatum, then I think things will improve greatly. Roger Allen Sonork 100.10016 Were you different as a kid? Did you ever say "Ooohhh, shiny red" even once? - Paul Watson 11-February-2003