In the pair programming paradigm, two brains are better than one - especially when “done” means delivering high-quality software to customers. But when it comes to software development, a common misperception is that if more than one person is working on a problem, the outcome must be twice as expensive and take twice as long. I’ve been practicing this approach for nearly 20 years. Pair programming is certainly not a new concept. It has the potential to deliver significant benefits from a technical standpoint by increasing overall agility and software quality, while simultaneously solving for critical cultural differences at the developer level. One technique quickly becoming mainstream is pair programming: two programmers work on the same problem, at the same time, on the same computer, with the goal of producing amazing software quickly. In nearly every industry we look for ways to solve problems faster and deliver solutions quicker and software development is no different. Joseph is Staff Engineer & Manager for the Modern Apps Business Unit at VMware.

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