[IxDA Discuss] Expression Blend a "review"

[Håkan Reis]

I haven't experienced it myself, but I had a few colleagues that did distant
pair programming. The used the same code base shared via subversion and
shifted remote desktop so the user that did the development was the native
machine and the by-programmer remote. In addition the used webcam and mic to
chat. It was manageable but not good...

I tend not to do much computer based prototyping. Mostly I use paper
prototypes, focusing on one task at the time. Working as agile as possible.
In blend I can then In blend I can then quickly layout the basic application
controls like tabs, buttons, lists etc. An interaction or flow of actions
for what we currently are working on and that's about what the developer
needs. I can continue to work on the finish, animation, etc while the
developer work on the logic and data handling.

To be honest I have an advantage in this. I come from the development and
worked myself into the interaction and graphical design. I still have some
engineering skills but most of the time I try to leave as much of the
development and engineering stuff to those who know better.

/ Håkan


On 4/5/07, David Malouf <dave.ixd at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This was exactly our hope in picking Blend as our tool, Josh.
> We are actually still hopeful that it is helpful, but I was responding
> to the idea of doing "paired programming". Paired programming assumes
> co-location.
>
> -- dave
>
>
> On 4/5/07, Joshua Seiden <joshseiden at gmail.com> wrote:
> > In theory, tools like these should make distance collaboration easier,
> > because you are not communicating about and interpreting specs and
> drawings,
> > but instead creating shared work objects.
> >
> > This of course assumes that the tools supports the real work and
> > specializations of the people using them.
> >
> > JS
> >
> > > Håkan, the thought of paired programming crossed my mind as well.
> > > > Problem for me ... I'm in New York and my developer is in Colombo
> > > > (That's Sri Lanka). Kinda difficult.
> > >
> > >
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