Review – A Practical Guide to Extreme Programming
A Practical Guide to Extreme Programming, David Astels, Granville Miller, Miroslav Novak, 2002. Another introduction to XP. (Reviewed Nov., ’02)
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Review – Extreme Programming Applied
Extreme Programming Applied: Playing to Win, Ken Auer and Roy Miller. Addison-Wesley, 2002. While the description of XP echoes the other books in the series, this book has two particular strengths: it considers the issues of resistance to change, and it Continue reading Review – Extreme Programming Applied
Review – Extreme Programming Examined
Extreme Programming Examined, Giancarlo Succi and Michele Marchesi, editors. Addison-Wesley, 2001. Selected papers from the XP 2000 conference. (Reviewed Nov., ’02)
Review – Extreme Programming in Practice
Extreme Programming in Practice, Robert Martin and James Newkirk. Addison-Wesley, 2001. A worked-through example of using XP. (Reviewed Nov., ’02)
Review – Planning Extreme Programming
Planning Extreme Programming, Kent Beck and Martin Fowler. Addison-Wesley, 2000. Deeper investigation of the planning game. (Reviewed Nov., ’02)
Review – Extreme Programming Installed
Extreme Programming Installed, Ron Jeffries, Ann Anderson, and Chet Hendrickson. Addison-Wesley, 2000. A broad-ranging array of many topics important in XP. My favorite is the notion of “The Circle of Life”: the proper separation of business and technical concerns. (Reviewed Continue reading Review – Extreme Programming Installed
Review – Extreme Programming Explored
Extreme Programming Explored, William C. Wake. Addison-Wesley, 2001. My approach is to use concrete examples to illustrate general points. I’m particularly happy to share examples of test-first programming and refactoring, and the discussion of metaphors. Table of contents. (Summarized Nov., ’02)
Review – Extreme Programming Explained
Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change, Kent Beck. Addison-Wesley, 1999. The manifesto for XP. (Reviewed Nov., ’02) The second edition is now out; see an extended summary.
Extreme Programming Explored
Extreme Programming Explored, by William C. Wake. Addison-Wesley, 2001. Foreword by Dave Thomas (The Pragmatic Programmer). This book grew out of the XPlorations series of articles. I wrote them as I was learning XP, and relating it to my own Continue reading Extreme Programming Explored
XP and its Values
Mind-maps for the values of XP: communication, feedback, simplicity, courage. Continue reading XP and its Values