Comments on: Pixie Driven Development

By: Sean P. DeNigris

Sean P. DeNigris — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:07:21 +0000

When I’m stuck designing, I often come back and read this post… And every time I chuckle that this is the only page I’ve found on the web describing pixie-driven development, and it doesn’t appear in google search results for “pixie driven development,” or even “pixie driven development liz keogh,” lol

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Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:14:25 +0000

[...] Keogh refers to this as Pixie Driven Development and I think following this approach would help us to end up with meaningful interfaces containing [...]

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What is rubberducking anyway? « Rubberducking — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:06:07 +0000

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By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:04:43 +0000

Funny, I argue against the “I…” format for interfaces all the time. To most people it is a silent “I” and I think detracts from the description of the type. But changing the emphasis of the “I” to “I do this” is a seriously cool design reinforcement tool.

By: aimee.mychores.co.uk

aimee.mychores.co.uk — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:44:48 +0000

Oh, this is excellent! Your pixies are so cute! Makes me want some too!
Thank you for such an imaginatively written example of how to code better.

By: Helen Lisowski

Helen Lisowski — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:33:30 +0000

I think it’s wonderful that since you came and worked with me in the west country, you’ve started seeing pixies…They’re definitely Glastonbury pixies: very clever, but completely flakey!! Loved the post, it reminded me of a lot of the things I learned from you in the first place!

By: liz

liz — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:17:49 +0000

Thanks for the comments, I’m glad you enjoyed it!

I’m still working on the game of life code. When it’s done it will form the basis of my BDD workshop, and the codebase will be available from SkillsMatter. Of course, the solution won’t necessarily be there… but the role-based interfaces will. Damned pixies.

By: Disputatore

Disputatore — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:53:46 +0000

As a suggestion, you know what would be a great complement to this entry? The resulting code. You could push it to github (http://gist.github.com/), for example.

By: Disputatore

Disputatore — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:13:30 +0000

I’m a bit rusty on coding and especially OO, but this text makes for an excellent reading. BTW, found your text through Elisabeth (http://twitter.com/testobsessed).