Empirical validation of test-driven pair programming in game development

Proceedings - 5th IEEE/ACIS Int. Conf. on Comput. and Info. Sci., ICIS 2006. In conjunction with 1st IEEE/ACIS, Int. Workshop Component-Based Software Eng., Softw. Archi. and Reuse, COMSAR 2006

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 500-505

  Xu, Shaochun ^a   Rajlich, Vaclav ^b  

^a ALGOMA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PAIRED PROGRAMMERS; WATERFALL-LIKE APPROACH;

ANIMATION; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 33947676366     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIS-COMSAR.2006.34     Document Type: Conference Paper

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