Comments on: Framing The XP Principles http://www.symphonious.net/2006/05/21/framing-the-xp-principles/ Living in a state of accord. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:10:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Symphonious » When Should You Rewrite? http://www.symphonious.net/2006/05/21/framing-the-xp-principles/comment-page-1/#comment-19044 Symphonious » When Should You Rewrite? Sat, 27 May 2006 23:36:35 +0000 http://www.symphonious.net/2006/05/21/framing-the-xp-principles/#comment-19044 [...] Greg picks up on my previous post about XP principles and how it helps avoid rewrites. I thought I should explain in more detail why rewrites are a bad thing and my thoughts about when and how you should do them anyway. [...] [...] Greg picks up on my previous post about XP principles and how it helps avoid rewrites. I thought I should explain in more detail why rewrites are a bad thing and my thoughts about when and how you should do them anyway. [...]

]]> By: Leon Brooks http://www.symphonious.net/2006/05/21/framing-the-xp-principles/comment-page-1/#comment-17705 Leon Brooks Sun, 21 May 2006 03:39:10 +0000 http://www.symphonious.net/2006/05/21/framing-the-xp-principles/#comment-17705 WRT incremental development, that's basically what FireFox *is* when compared with Mozilla. Comes a time, in many sequences, when you have to realise that some major aspect (or the entire project) is heading for crock-hood and would be better off with a revolution. Integrate-continuously (which is really code-language for "constantly make sure you do *everything* Microsoft's graven way") becomes (often) literally a mortal enemy of progress at this point. WRT incremental development, that’s basically what FireFox *is* when compared with Mozilla.

Comes a time, in many sequences, when you have to realise that some major aspect (or the entire project) is heading for crock-hood and would be better off with a revolution. Integrate-continuously (which is really code-language for “constantly make sure you do *everything* Microsoft’s graven way”) becomes (often) literally a mortal enemy of progress at this point.

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