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Guide For Small Team Programming?

dm writes "I run a small design shop and have been doing more and more web development, including fairly involved back-end programming of what's now essentially become our own CMS. Up to now I've been doing all the programming myself. Now we are working with a second programmer for the first time. I already use version control (SVN) and an issue-tracking system, and I guess we are both decent at what we do — although self-taught, but we both lack experience programming in a team context. Is there a useful guide for this? Most of the tutorials I have seen for Subversion are surprisingly organized from a single coder's perspective. Where else should I look?"

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  1. Staggered shifts FTW! by BladeMelbourne · · Score: 4, Funny

    I assume you're the boss, so you could work 9am-5pm and he could work 5.30pm-1.30am.

    That way you can still code naked.

    1. Re:Staggered shifts FTW! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      #!/usr/bin/perl
      print "Naked\n";

    2. Re:Staggered shifts FTW! by nkkdprgrmmr · · Score: 2, Funny

      this hits fairly close to home here...

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  2. For the love of god - DON'T! by Andreas(R) · · Score: 4, Funny

    The optimal programmer team size is 1.

    1. Re:For the love of god - DON'T! by emjay88 · · Score: 4, Funny

      A team produces something better than the sum of the parts.

      +1 Avoided buzzword "Synergy"

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  3. Re:Move to CVS by Joebert · · Score: 4, Funny

    Google Code uses SVN.


    Subversion wins, fatality.

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  4. Re:My guide by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Mom?

  5. Re:My tips by dubl-u · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oops. That should be "unit tests", not "nit tests". I definitely don't recommend checking your fellow programmer for louse eggs. Unless you're both chimpanzees. Then it would be fine.

  6. Re:Move to CVS by Firehed · · Score: 2, Funny

    To: coders@example.com
    Subject: Working on main.c, leave it the frig alone until further notice. EOM.

    Problem solved :D

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  7. Re:My tips by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Bathe frequently.
    Floss, Brush & Mouthwash.
    Wash hands after bathroom use.

  8. Re:Move to CVS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    There is an even finer line between good and bad analogies.

  9. Re:Move to CVS by muszek · · Score: 3, Funny

    You just have do draw a line somewhere. I for one always have some garlic, a crucifix and a wooden stake in the glove compartment, even though it's quite possible I'll never need them.

    You don't and I'm not gonna hold it against you. I'm not even going to say your car isn't properly equipped.