Computer Science

Extreme Programming (XP) is a phenomenon. It promises developers unprecedented efficiency and quality -- and it's delivering on that promise. In this book, Bill Wake doesn't just explain XP to developers who are new to it: he shows how to personally apply the XP best practices that have been identified by leading-edge practitioners.KEY TOPICS:This new book emerged from a series of Bill Wake's essays intended to help XP newbies understand and personally apply XP. Wake covers each key tenet of XP development, including the central role of developers, programming in pairs, direct communication with customers, and continual testing. The book's pragmatic, hands-on approach is reinforced with supporting Java code, concrete examples, and extensive war stories. Along the way, Wake addresses major objections to adopting XP, and introduces new XP "best practices" that allow organizations to introduce XP far more rapidly and successfully.MARKET:For every developer, software engineer, architect, project manager, or software customer already using XP or considering the introduction of XP methods.

Forward.


Preface.

I. PROGRAMMING.

II. TEAM PRACTICES.

III. PROCESS.

Extreme Programming [PTG: AW PROFESSIONAL] (Computer Science)

William C. Wake, http://www.xp123.com , is an independent software consultant, coach, and trainer with more than twenty years of programming experience. Bill previously held positions with Capital One Financial, DMR Trecom, and VTLS, Inc. He is the author of the Refactoring Workbook and Extreme Programming Explored (both from Addison-Wesley).

You know what XP is, how to get it up and running, and how to plan projects using it. Now it's time to expand your use of Extreme Programming and learn the best practices of this popular discipline.

In Extreme Programming Explored, you can read about best practices as learned from the concrete experience of successful XP developers. Author and programmer Bill Wake provides answers to practical questions about XP implementation. Using hands-on examples--including code samples written in the Java programming language--this book demonstrates the day-to-day mechanics of working on an XP team and shows well-defined methods for carrying out a successful XP project.

The book is divided into three parts:

• Part 1, Programming--programming incrementally, test-first, and refactoring.
• Part 2, Team Practices--code ownership, integration, overtime, and pair programming; how XP approaches system architecture; and how a system metaphor shapes a common vision, a shared vocabulary, and the architecture.
• Part 3, Processes--how to write stories to plan a release; how to plan iterations; and the activities in a typical day for the customer, the programmer, and the manager of an XP project.

To demonstrate how an XP team uses frequent testing, you'll learn how to develop the core of a library search system by unit testing in small increments. To show how to make code ready for major design changes, the author teaches you how to refactor a Java program that generates a Web page. To see how a system metaphor influences the shape of a system, you'll learn about the effects of different metaphors on customer service and word processing applications. To show how customers and programmers participate in release planning, the book demonstrates writing and estimating stories, and shows how the customer plans a release.

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This title is a member of the The XP Series, which also contains the titles below . You can also visit the The XP Series page.

• Extreme Programming Applied: Playing to Win
  Auer & Miller
  © 2002 | Addison-Wesley Professional | Paper; 384 pages | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0201616408 | ISBN-13: 9780201616408
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Nearly five years after the first edition of this book exploded on to the market,

noted software engineering guru and the father of Extreme Programming (XP)

Kent Beck provides a fresh look at this controversial topic. XP remains the

most popular agile methodology in software development, and many believe it

is ideal for small to mid-size development organizations. However, XP is not

without its detractors. The goal of the book remains to help programmers and

teams decide if XP is the right path to pursue. The book offers advice, but does

not provide a prescriptive, "how to" style format. This Fifth Anniversary

Edition enhances the full knowledge of XP and gives both the advocate and

skeptic of XP full detail to move forward with an informed opinion.

• Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change, 2/E
  Beck & Andres
  © 2005 | Addison-Wesley Professional | Paper; 224 pages | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0321278658 | ISBN-13: 9780321278654
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• Extreme Programming Explored
  Wake
  © 2002 | Addison-Wesley Professional | Paper; 192 pages | Estimated Availability: 07/18/2001
  ISBN-10: 0201733978 | ISBN-13: 9780201733976
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Extreme Programming Installed explains the core principles of Extreme Programming and details each step in the XP development cycle. This book conveys the essence of the XP approach--techniques for implementation, obstacles likely to be encountered, and experience-based advice for successful execution.

• Extreme Programming Installed
  Jeffries, Anderson & Hendrickson
  © 2001 | Addison-Wesley Professional | Paper; 288 pages | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0201708426 | ISBN-13: 9780201708424
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• Extreme Programming for Web Projects
  Wallace, Raggett & Aufgang
  © 2003 | Addison-Wesley Professional | Paper; 192 pages | Estimated Availability: 09/19/2002
  ISBN-10: 0201794276 | ISBN-13: 9780201794274
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Planning is critical; without it, software projects can quickly fall apart. Written by acknowledged XP authorities Kent Beck and Martin Fowler, Planning Extreme Programming presents the approaches, methods, and advice needed to plan and track a successful Extreme Programming project. The key XP philosophy: Planning is not a one-time event, but a constant process of reevaluation and course-correction throughout the lifecycle of the project. Students will learn how planning is essential to controlling workload, reducing programmer stress, increasing productivity, and keeping projects on track. Planning Extreme Programming also focuses on the importance of estimating the cost and time for each user story (requirement), determining its priority, and planning software releases accordingly.

• Planning Extreme Programming
  Beck & Fowler
  © 2001 | Addison-Wesley Professional | Paper; 160 pages | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0201710919 | ISBN-13: 9780201710915
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• Testing Extreme Programming
  Crispin & House
  © 2003 | Addison-Wesley Professional | Paper; 336 pages | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0321113551 | ISBN-13: 9780321113559
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