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Pair Programming Illuminated Laurie Williams and Robert Kessler. 2003. Addison-Wesley Professional (http://www.awprofcssional.co m/). 265 pages. ISBN: 0-201-74576-3. GSQE Body of Knowledge area: Software Engineering Process
A Google search on "pair programming" yields 1,230,000 search results; many of these relate to the book Pair Programming Illuminated by Laurie Williams and Robert Kessler. And for once, this is a good thing. Fun to read, this book is a practical guide for those who want to seriously experiment with pair programming as well as for those who don't know what pair programming is all about.
Programming is typically done by individuals sitting in front of a screen, typing away on their keyboard. It is a lone occupation. Not that programmers do not interact or engage others, but it has been and still is mostly an individual exercise (like most other things done in an organization).
Williams and Kessler define pair programming as a "style of programming in which two programmers work side by side at...