From: Holden Glova <dsafari@...>
Date: 2001-12-04T14:22:25+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:27411] Re: Killer app for Ruby developers?

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Hi Hal,

I had toyed with this idea, and had the exact same idea of putting 
the remote pair programming you describe with a "I'm driving" sort of 
button where one programmer takes the lead.

At the time, I was very immersed in my university courses, so my 
ideas never really got put down into a reality. I think this would be 
a very, very useful application for expanding the ruby community to 
new people, not to mention how useful it would be to current ruby 
fanatics ;)

I'd love to use one - are you going to make it? :)

On Tue, 04 Dec 2001 10:23, Hal E. Fulton wrote:
> This is an idea that is very skeletal
> yet I think there's a twist that makes
> it significant (especially for XP people).
>
> The basic idea:
>
> A browser-editor that can do basic
> refactoring (and maybe some source
> control functions). Should of course be
> scriptable in Ruby. Should have some
> kind of template or script support for
> Lapidary or RubyUnit or whatever.
> Disclaimer: I don't know SmallTalk, but
> I hear the browser is a thing of beauty.
>
> The twist:
>
> Net-enable it for the purpose of... <drum
> roll please> remote pair programming!
>
> Pair with anyone in the world, given an
> IP address and a time to meet.
>
> I envision a button that switches between
> "You Drive" and "I'll Drive" -- each person
> completely controls the app while he is in
> charge.
>
> Should have at least a chat box, maybe even
> voice, maybe even webcam.
>
> One problem: Do we settle on a fixed editor?
> Make it configurable? Give it "faces" that look
> like emacs or whatever? Not everyone agrees
> on the choice of editor. (I think my opinion is to
> have a "neutral ground" editor.)
>
> Thoughts, anyone?
>
> Hal

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Signed,
Holden Glova
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