Tag Archives: agile

Test driven : practical TDD for Java developers

Test driven : practical TDD and acceptance TDD for Java developers / Lasse Koskela, Manning, 2008 TDD (Test Driven Development) takes a surprising amount of thought to do it right. Here are the techniques that lead to better software faster. … Continue reading

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Agile web development with Rails

Agile web development with Rails : a Pragmatic guide / Dave Thomas, Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2006 This book is not ‘recent’ but it is the best Rails book in the library. It is very readable and practical, with many examples. 500 … Continue reading

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Professional CodeIgniter

Professional CodeIgniter / Thomas Myer, Wiley, 2008 Structure your PHP web app using a MVC framework. This book on the CodeIgnitor framework starts by comparing it to the Symfony and CakePHP frameworks. Then agile programming is discussed, and you dive … Continue reading

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Manage it! : your guide to modern, pragmatic project management

Manage it! : your guide to modern, pragmatic project management / Johanna Rothman, The Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2007 Here is the best book on software project management that I know of.

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Code leader

Code leader : using people, tools, and processes to build successful software / Patrick Cauldwell, Wiley, 2008 Here is a book to help a programmer make the move up to team leader. It is one thing to be technically sharp, … Continue reading

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Pragmatic thinking and learning

Pragmatic thinking and learning : refactor your wetware / by Andy Hunt, Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2008. Here is a book about how the brain works, written by programmers for programmers.  It is general, and will be interesting to anyone trying to … Continue reading

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Visual Studio Team

Visual Studio Team System : better software development for agile teams / Will Stott, Addison-Wesley, 2007 Team System supports an agile process to coordinate a group of programmers.  Sections include: Section 1 – Apply Sharp Tools and Values Section 2 … Continue reading

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