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Pair Program
Pair programming is a technique that involves two developers working at one workstation to complete a task. The two developers switch between being the “driver” and the “navigator.” The “driver” writes the code, while the “navigator” helps guide the problem solving and reviews the code as it is written. Switch frequently to get the benefit of both sides.
Pair programming has many benefits: it gives you a chance to not only have someone review your code, but also see how someone else might be thinking about a problem. Being exposed to multiple ideas and ways of thinking will help you in problem solving when you go back to coding on your own.
00:05 Pair programming is a technique where you switch between the driver and navigator roles. The driver is the one who does the programming, while the navigator decides what’s going to be programmed, and you switch between these two roles regularly.
00:21 It gives you the opportunity to review the code, and it also lets you see how others solve problems and program in real time, including those little bugs that slip in, typos, and so on.
00:33 It’s a much more livestream, raw style of programming, rather than a polished presentation where you don’t get to see any of the little errors that people make as they write code.
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