The Driver is the person at the wheel, i.e. the keyboard. She is focussed on completing the tiny goal at hand, ignoring larger issues for the moment. A driver should always talk through what she is doing while doing it.
The Navigator is in the observer position, while the driver is typing. She reviews the code on-the-go, gives directions and shares thoughts. The navigator also has an eye on the larger issues, bugs, and makes notes of potential next steps or obstacles.
The idea of this role division is to have two different perspectives on the code. The driver's thinking is supposed to be more tactical, thinking about the details, the lines of code at hand. The navigator can think more strategically in their observing role. They have the big picture in mind.
The rule: "For an idea to go from your head into the computer it MUST go through someone else's hands". In this style, the navigator is usually the person much more experienced with the setup or task at hand, while the driver is a novice (with the language, the tool, the codebase, ...). The experienced person mostly stays in the navigator role and guides the novice.
An important aspect of this is the idea that the driver totally trusts the navigator and should be "comfortable with incomplete understanding". Questions of "why", and challenges to the solution should be discussed after the implementation session. In a setting where one person is a total novice, this can make the pairing much more effective.
When implementing a feature that requires you to use a technology you are both unfamiliar with, you'll have to do some research and exploration first. This work does not fit into the clean-cut "driver-navigator" or "ping-pong" approaches. E.g., browsing search engine results together on the same screen is usually not very effective.
Apply the "5 seconds rule": When the navigator sees the driver do something "wrong" and wants to comment, wait at least 5 seconds before you say something - the driver might already have it in mind, then you are needlessly interrupting their flow.
As Navigator, don't immediately point out any error or upcoming obstacle: Wait a bit for the driver to correct or write a sticky note to remember later. If you intervene immediately, this can be disruptive to the driver's thinking process.
As mentioned when we described the classic driver/navigator style earlier, pairing allows you to have different perspectives on the code. The driver's brain is usually more in "tactical" mode, thinking about the details, the current line of code. Meanwhile, the navigator's brain can think more strategically, consider the big picture, park next steps and ideas on sticky notes. Could one person combine these two modes of thinking? Probably not! Having a tactical and strategic view combined will increase your code quality because it will allow you to pay attention to the details while also having the bigger picture in mind.
As navigator, avoid the "tactical" mode of thinking, leave the details of the coding to the driver - your job is to take a step back and complement your pair's more tactical mode with medium-term thinking.
Another important thing to prevent exhaustion is to not pair 8 hours per day. Limit it to a maximum of 6 hours per day. Regularly switching roles from driver to navigator can also help to keep the energy level up.
There are a few ways to counteract this. One is to let junior programmers work by themselves from time to time, with a mentor who regularly checks in and does some code review. Another way is letting the more junior programmers on the team pair with each other. They can go through finding solutions together, and still dig themselves out of rabbit holes faster than if they were coding by themselves. Finally, if you are the more experienced coder in a pair, make sure to be in the navigator's seat most of the time. Give the driver space to figure things out - it's sometimes just a matter of waiting a little bit until you hit that next wall together, instead of pointing it out beforehand.
When using Pair Programming, I see that when they sign in, one student is the Driver, and one student is the Navigator. If they switch after each puzzle in a lesson (or switching often is suggested) then do they need to sign out so they can change who is the driver/navigator?
Working with a stack has another advantage: while thinking through the tasks needed to complete the programming session, the navigator has to flip between thinking backwards (in what state do we want to leave this system in?) and forwards (what do we need to do to get to the next step?), and we find that a stack lends itself to that kind of back-and-forth quite naturally.
As they go through the goal stack, driver and navigator will eventually detour into some unknown part of the system, or a corner case in the acceptance criteria of the functionality. At these points, a navigator has to be conscious of their role in ensuring the pair is going through the planned tasks or readjust the plan accordingly.
Even when intent has been communicated clearly, we find that explicitly asking for confirmation is a good practice as it validates understanding and opens the conversation to feedback from the driver.
We find Pair Programming to be one of the most effective ways to keep our developers productive, sharing knowledge and experience. It has certainly helped us build strong teams, reduce our defect rate and keep people happy. It is important to remember that both roles in the pair are equally important with specific expectations and responsibilities during pairing. Also, neither driver or navigator responsibilities last forever; it is encouraged to change roles several times during the course of a pairing session, and both wheels have to be in good shape.
A co-driver is the navigator of a rally car in the sport of rallying, who sits in the front passenger seat. The co-driver's job is to navigate, commonly by reading off a set of pacenotes to the driver (what lies ahead, where to turn, the severity of the turn, and what obstacles to look out for). Some competitions require map interpretation. In stage rallying communication is often over a radio headset, due to the high level of noise in the car.[1] The co-driver also tells the driver about any incidents or accidents that may have occurred further ahead in the stage.[2][3] This role is particularly critical in high-end rally competitions such as WRC. Co-drivers are also often called on to perform maintenance on the car during road sections and special stages, such as changing a wheel.
In driver-navigator pairs, one programmer drives for a few minutes at a time while the other navigates. This is often done in coffee shops or open-space offices so programmers don't have to wait for others to arrive at their desks. There are also different styles of driving. For example, you can drive by telling your navigator exactly what code to write next, or you can drive by saying what you'll be doing next - then letting your navigator decide how best to accomplish that goal. The former style ensures that things get done quickly and accurately; but it takes practice to do well.
Pair programming is a practice of two programmers working together on the same task at a single computer. Typically, one of them is a driver (or a pilot) and the second one is a navigator. The driver writes the code and the navigator reviews the code and plans the action. The goal is to increase software quality without impacting time to deliver. When two people work on the same project at a single computer, they add as much functionality as if they work separately but it is much higher in quality.
Sit in front of the same monitor and share the keyboard and mouse back and forth. In other words, switch the roles of a driver and a navigator for better results. This way both of the programmers learn to communicate.
My question is, is there a way I can make the navigator.webdriver flag false? I am willing to go so far as to try and recompile the selenium source after making modifications, but I cannot seem to find the NavigatorAutomationInformation source anywhere in the repository
execute_cdp_cmd(): With the availability of execute_cdp_cmd(cmd, cmd_args) command now you can easily execute google-chrome-devtools commands using Selenium. Using this feature you can modify the navigator.webdriver easily to prevent Selenium from getting detected.
Finally, the navigator.webdriver defines a standard way for co-operating user agents to inform the document that it is controlled by WebDriver, so that alternate code paths can be triggered during automation.
Since this question is related to selenium a cross-browser solution to overriding navigator.webdriver is useful. This could be done by patching browser environment before any JS of target page runs, but unfortunately no other browsers except chromium allows one to evaluate arbitrary JavaScript code after document load and before any other JS runs (firefox is close with Remote Protocol).
I believe the specs to be quiet good for the PC to keep crashing when using chrome or Modzilla navigator everytime. I mention that I also have a dual boot, windows and Ubuntu in separate disks.When the navigator crashes, I always have to do hard-reboot, after that I get a similar issue to the following post (Bad page state in process swapper and Clearing orphaned inode )
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