Cutting with the Grain: The Rhythms of Design
As a result of Kent Beck’s “Programming Intensive” workshop, Kent, Joseph Leddy, and I created a paper on one small aspect of design. Continue reading Cutting with the Grain: The Rhythms of Design
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Review – Fearless Change
Fearless Change: Patterns for Introducing New Ideas. Mary Lynn Manns and Linda Rising, Addison-Wesley, 2005. How do you help a new idea along? This book uses patterns to suggest ways to make that happen. The first part of the book Continue reading Review – Fearless Change
Procedural and Declarative Tests
Procedural tests focus on a series of steps; declarative tests work from the input and states. Procedural tests are natural to write, but consider whether a declarative test expresses your intent more concisely and clearly. Continue reading Procedural and Declarative Tests
Pattern Patter: Anonymous Subclass with Instance Initializer
A way to initialize a Java object. Continue reading Pattern Patter: Anonymous Subclass with Instance Initializer
Review – Extreme Programming Explained, 2/e
Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change, 2/e, by Kent Beck and Cynthia Andres. Addison-Wesley Professional, 2004. ISBN 0321278658. Kent Beck’s new introduction to the practices and philosophy of XP. See an extended summary. (Reviewed Feb., ’05)
Kent Beck’s “Programming Intensive” Workshop
Kent Beck’s Programming Intensive Workshop Continue reading Kent Beck’s “Programming Intensive” Workshop
Overview of “Extreme Programming Explained, 2/e”
A review of the new version of Extreme Programming Explained. Continue reading Overview of “Extreme Programming Explained, 2/e”
Review – Office Kaizen
Office Kaizen: Transforming Office Operations into a Strategic Competitive Advantage, William Lareau. ASQ, 2003. This book applies lean ideas to office work. Many of its ideas will be familiar to people in agile, but applied in the non-software world: charters, Continue reading Review – Office Kaizen
Review – Crystal Clear
Crystal Clear, Alistair Cockburn. Addison-Wesley, 2004. Crystal Clear is a software method that uses frequent delivery, reflective improvement, and osmotic communication as guard rails to guide a team in development. This book presents a number of perspectives on the methods; Continue reading Review – Crystal Clear
Review – Mapping Inner Space
Mapping Inner Space, 2/e, Nancy Margulies with Nusa Maal. Zephyr Press, 2002. This book presents techniques for visual maps, their version of mind maps. You can certainly learn the basics without this book, but it makes great use of color Continue reading Review – Mapping Inner Space