http://www.lixo.org/archives/2009/08/25/the-tracer-bullet-application/ letting the problem solve itself Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:26:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.lixo.org/archives/2009/08/25/the-tracer-bullet-application/comment-page-1/#comment-62246 Linkage, August 3 | The Build Doctor Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:29:32 +0000 http://www.lixo.org/archives/2009/08/25/the-tracer-bullet-application/#comment-62246 [...] writes about the Tracer Bullet application. Oh, how this would have resolved some pissing matches in the past. Were we performance [...] [...] writes about the Tracer Bullet application. Oh, how this would have resolved some pissing matches in the past. Were we performance [...]

]]> http://www.lixo.org/archives/2009/08/25/the-tracer-bullet-application/comment-page-1/#comment-62074 Carlos Villela Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:23:45 +0000 http://www.lixo.org/archives/2009/08/25/the-tracer-bullet-application/#comment-62074 @Mark: thanks for the correction. The "tracer bullet" analogy was indeed in The Pragmatic Programmer, and not invented by my colleagues. I've corrected the article above. @Mark: thanks for the correction. The “tracer bullet” analogy was indeed in The Pragmatic Programmer, and not invented by my colleagues. I’ve corrected the article above.

]]> http://www.lixo.org/archives/2009/08/25/the-tracer-bullet-application/comment-page-1/#comment-62073 Marcelo Lira (bueroman) 's status on Tuesday, 25-Aug-09 19:41:07 UTC - Identi.ca Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:41:11 +0000 http://www.lixo.org/archives/2009/08/25/the-tracer-bullet-application/#comment-62073 [...] http://www.lixo.org/archives/2009/08/25/the-tracer-bullet-application/ [...] [...] http://www.lixo.org/archives/2009/08/25/the-tracer-bullet-application/ [...]

]]> http://www.lixo.org/archives/2009/08/25/the-tracer-bullet-application/comment-page-1/#comment-62067 Thiago Arrais (arrais) 's status on Tuesday, 25-Aug-09 11:53:25 UTC - Identi.ca Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:53:52 +0000 http://www.lixo.org/archives/2009/08/25/the-tracer-bullet-application/#comment-62067 [...] http://www.lixo.org/archives/2009/08/25/the-tracer-bullet-application/ [...] [...] http://www.lixo.org/archives/2009/08/25/the-tracer-bullet-application/ [...]

]]> http://www.lixo.org/archives/2009/08/25/the-tracer-bullet-application/comment-page-1/#comment-62063 Marcus Ahnve Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:47:04 +0000 http://www.lixo.org/archives/2009/08/25/the-tracer-bullet-application/#comment-62063 The prags actually used the term in Pragmatic Programmer. But it is a very good analogy. The prags actually used the term in Pragmatic Programmer. But it is a very good analogy.

]]> http://www.lixo.org/archives/2009/08/25/the-tracer-bullet-application/comment-page-1/#comment-62062 Mark Rendle Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:38:33 +0000 http://www.lixo.org/archives/2009/08/25/the-tracer-bullet-application/#comment-62062 No disrespect to your colleagues, but the "Tracer Bullet" analogy was coined in the Pragmatic Programmer book (Hunt/Thomas, 1999). Their explanation of it is very similar to yours, except that tracer bullet application code is designed to be the basis for the complete code, being refactored and fleshed out over subsequent iterations. It is the opposite of a Prototype, in which code is hacked together to be thrown away once a concept has been proved. No disrespect to your colleagues, but the “Tracer Bullet” analogy was coined in the Pragmatic Programmer book (Hunt/Thomas, 1999). Their explanation of it is very similar to yours, except that tracer bullet application code is designed to be the basis for the complete code, being refactored and fleshed out over subsequent iterations. It is the opposite of a Prototype, in which code is hacked together to be thrown away once a concept has been proved.

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