Basically Joel is saying that duct tape programmers are pragmatic programmers who’s priority is to get the job done.
Now from my experience in the office there are very few non-pragmatic programmers, and even fewer coders who don’t want to get the job done as quick as possible.
So that means that the majority of us are that duct tape programmers right? but these doesn’t fit, So what’s wrong? well I think there are different types duct tape programmer based on there how smart they are, and that only the really smart ones can successfully write systems without a single test. The remaining programmers use tests to ensure what they have done works, and also hasn’t broken something else.
So given the fact that most people work in teams of programmers of varied skill levels, it makes sense to write tests. And while this might slow the 1 or 2 super smart guys on the team, it will aid the rest of the team.
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Basically Joel is saying that duct tape programmers are pragmatic programmers who’s priority is to get the job done. Now from my experience in the office there are very few non-pragmatic programmers, and even fewer coders who don’t want to get the job done as quick as possible.
So that means that the majority of us are that duct tape programmers right? but these doesn’t fit, So what’s wrong? well I think there are different types duct tape programmer based on there how smart they are, and that only the really smart ones can successfully write systems without a single test. The remaining programmers use tests to ensure what they have done works, and also hasn’t broken something else.
So given the fact that most people work in teams of programmers of varied skill levels, it makes sense to write tests. And while this might slow the 1 or 2 super smart guys on the team, it will aid the rest of the team.