Agile Project Management, XP Style
How do you plan the overall shape of a project in XP? This article summarizes planning with little reference to the programming aspects of XP. Continue reading Agile Project Management, XP Style
Author Archives: Bill Wake
Review – The Spoken Word Revolution
The Spoken Word Revolution, Mark Eleveld (Editor). SourceBooks, Inc., 2005. Poetry has of course long since moved beyond iambic pentameter. What’s striking for me in this collection is how important sound and rhythm are to many poems. The CD that Continue reading Review – The Spoken Word Revolution
Review – Agile Web Development with Rails
Agile Web Development with Rails. Dave Thomas, David Heinemeier Hansson, et al. Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2005. Ruby on Rails is a framework for developing web sites. This book explains it well. It starts with a decent-sized online store as a running Continue reading Review – Agile Web Development with Rails
Review – Design Patterns in Java
Design Patterns in Java. Steve Metsker and William C. Wake. Addison-Wesley, 2006. I won’t review my own book, but I will summarize: This is a workbook-style book, updating Steve’s earlier Design Patterns Java Workbook and Design Patterns in C#. It covers the same 23 Continue reading Review – Design Patterns in Java
Smell to Refactoring Cheat Sheet – Industrial Logic
Refactoring cheat sheet. Continue reading Smell to Refactoring Cheat Sheet – Industrial Logic
Problem-Solving and Teams
Problem-solving with teams. Continue reading Problem-Solving and Teams
Review – Refactoring Workbook
Refactoring Workbook, William Wake. Addison-Wesley, 2003. [Consider this a summary rather than a review of my own book.] My goals were to create a workbook that helps people practice recognizing smells (problems) and learn to apply important refactoring techniques. There’s Continue reading Review – Refactoring Workbook
Review – Instructional Design Strategies and Tactics
Instructional Design Strategies and Tactics, Cynthia B. Leshin, Joellyn Pollock, Charles M. Reigeluth. Educational Technology Publications, 1992. Certain instructional patterns are worth repeating. These authors use a very structured approach to instruction, complete with job aids to support it. As Continue reading Review – Instructional Design Strategies and Tactics
Sufficient Completeness and Testing
One way to determine “sufficient completeness” suggests considering all sequences of calls that can take an object to a state. This enumeration suggests important test cases. Continue reading Sufficient Completeness and Testing
In Memory – Dr. Sallie Henry
Dr. Sallie Henry. Continue reading In Memory – Dr. Sallie Henry