Bill Wake, Author at XP123

paper demonstrates the development of a small bibliographic system using Extreme Programming techniques. Part 1 shows development of the model. Continue reading The Test/Code Cycle in XP, Part 1: Model→

The Test/Code Cycle in XP, Part 2: GUI

Posted on January 3, 2000 by Bill Wake

People who unit-test, even many who unit-test in Extreme Programming, don’t necessarily test the user interface. You can use JUnit to assist in this testing, however. This paper will work through a small but plausible example, giving the flavor of testing and programming using JUnit. This paper is part 2, but can be read on its own; part 1 developed the model. Continue reading The Test/Code Cycle in XP, Part 2: GUI→

Introduction to Extreme Programming (XP)

Posted on December 28, 1999 by Bill Wake

An introduction to the XP process. Continue reading Introduction to Extreme Programming (XP)→

XP Immersion Course Review

Posted on December 27, 1999 by Bill Wake

Dec. 5-10, 1999, I attended the first offering of “XP Immersion Training”, in Deerfield, IL, sponsored by Object Mentor. This was an excellent, intensive course. Mechanics Kent Beck did the bulk of the training, with one day by Martin Fowler. Continue reading XP Immersion Course Review→

OOPSLA ’99 Trip Report

Posted on November 30, 1999 by Bill Wake

OOPSLA '99, "Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages, and Applications", Nov. 1-5, 1999, Denver, CO. This was an excellent conference with good tutorials and interesting exhibits. Summary The tutorials were good; I took "Responsibility-Driven Design", "Usage-Centered Design with Essential Use Cases", "Subject-Oriented Continue reading OOPSLA ’99 Trip Report→

Analysis Objective: Object Analysis for the Envision Publication Database

Posted on July 14, 1999 by Bill Wake

The object model for the Envision database of scientific literature. Continue reading Analysis Objective: Object Analysis for the Envision Publication Database→