Subjunctive Programming
Programming in the world of “What If?” Continue reading Subjunctive Programming
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Review – Test-Driven Development (Beck)
Test-Driven Development: By Example, Kent Beck. Addison-Wesley, 2002. Test-driven development is a programming method that says: write a test, write some code, refactor, repeat. For me, the biggest hole in Extreme Programming Explained was the lack of explanation of this technique, Continue reading Review – Test-Driven Development (Beck)
Fit Spreadsheet
Ward Cunningham has created an acceptance testing framework known as fit. (See http://fit.c2.com for more details.) In this brief experiment, we’ll use tests to help specify a simple spreadsheet for strings. Continue reading Fit Spreadsheet
Refactoring Grid
The refactoring grid is a toy designed to give you a feel for what refactoring is like, by working in a simple, non-code domain. [Michael Wainer has made game pieces available here: http://www.cs.siu.edu/~wainer/Pieces4RefGame/pieces4RefGame.html ] The Domain There is a grid Continue reading Refactoring Grid
Review – Pair Programming Illuminated
Pair Programming Illuminated, Laurie Williams and Robert Kessler. Addison-Wesley, 2002. How to program in pairs. Describes problems pairs face when mixing experience levels or personality types. Has suggestions for improving pairing. (Reviewed Nov., ’02)
Review – The Pragmatic Programmer
The Pragmatic Programmer, Andrew Hunt and David Thomas. Addison-Wesley, 2000. Skills and ideas every programmer should know. (Reviewed Nov., ’02)
Review – Designing Object-Oriented Software
Object-Oriented Software, Rebecca Wirfs-Brock, Brian Wilkerson, and Lauren Wiener. Prentice-Hall, 1990.Older, but this is a good introduction to the idea of object design based on responsibilities. It uses a little more elaborate form of CRC cards than I’m used to. Continue reading Review – Designing Object-Oriented Software
Review – Using CRC Cards
Using CRC Cards: An Informal Approach to Object Development, Nancy Wilkinson SIGS Books, 1995. (Reviewed Nov., ’02)
Review – The CRC Card Book
The CRC Card Book, David Bellin and Susan Suchman Simone. Addison-Wesley, 1997. CRC cards, and ways to implement them in Smalltalk, C++, and Java. (Reviewed Nov., ’02)
Review – CRC Cards
The original CRC cards are captured at C2; the first training slides about them are also at C2. They have the original CRC cards paper (OOPSLA ’89) as well. Start with these.