Chapter 2. A Development Episode
Day-to-day programming proceeds from a task clearly connected to a feature the customer wants, to tests, to implementation, to design, and through to integration. A little of each of the activities of software development are packed into each episode.
But first a little peek ahead to where we are going. This chapter is the story of the heartbeat of XP—the development episode. This is where a programmer implements an engineering task (the smallest unit of scheduling) and integrates it with the rest of the system.
I look at my stack of task cards. The top one says "Export Quarter-to-date Withholding." At this morning's stand-up meeting, I remember you said you had finished the quarter-to-date calculation. I ask if ...
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