Practices of an Agile Developer Working in the Real World

Name: Practices of an Agile Developer Working in the Real World
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ISBN: 9780974514086

ISBN-10: 097451408X

ISBN-13: 9780974514086

Edition: 2005

Authors: Venkat Subramaniam, Andy Hunt

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Want to be a better developer? This books collects the personal habits, ideas, and approaches of successful agile software developers and presents them in a series of short, easy-to-digest tips. This isn't academic fluff; follow these ideas and you'll show yourself, your teammates, and your managers real results. These are the proven and effective agile practices that will make you a better developer. This book will help you improve five areas of your career: The Development Process What to Do While While Coding Developer Attitudes Project and Team Management Iterative and Incremental Learning These practices provide guidelines that will help you succeed in delivering and meeting…

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Pragmatic Programmers, LLC, The
Publication date: 4/25/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 7.60" wide x 9.21" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Dr. Venkat Subramaniam is an award-winning author, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., and an adjunct faculty at the University of Houston. He has trained and mentored thousands of software developers in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, and is a regularly invited speaker at several international conferences. He's (co)author of multiple books, including the 2007 Jolt Productivity award winning book Practices of an Agile Developer.




Agile Software Development



Beginning Agility



Work for Outcome



Quick Fixes Become Quicksand



Criticize Ideas, Not People



Damn the Torpedoes, Go Ahead



Feeding Agility



Keep Up with Change



Invest in Your Team



Know When to Unlearn



Question Until You Understand



Feel the Rhythm



Delivering What Users Want



Let Customers Make Decisions



Let Design Guide, Not Dictate



Justify Technology Use



Keep It Releasable



Integrate Early, Integrate Often



Automate Deployment Early



Get Frequent Feedback Using Demos



Use Short Iterations, Release in Increments



Fixed Prices Are Broken Promises



Agile Feedback



Put Angels on Your Shoulders



Use It Before You Build It



Different Makes a Difference



Automate Acceptance Testing



Measure Real Progress



Listen to Users



Agile Coding



Program Intently and Expressively



Communicate in Code



Actively Evaluate Trade-Offs



Code in Increments



Keep It Simple



Write Cohesive Code



Tell, Don't Ask



Substitute by Contract



Agile Debugging



Keep a Solutions Log



Warnings Are Really Errors



Attack Problems in Isolation



Report All Exceptions



Provide Useful Error Messages



Agile Collaboration



Schedule Regular Face Time



Architects Must Write Code



Practice Collective Ownership



Be a Mentor



Allow People to Figure It Out



Share Code Only When Ready



Review Code



Keep Others Informed



Epilogue: Moving to Agility



Just One New Practice



Rescuing a Failing Project



Introducing Agility: The Manager's Guide



Introducing Agility: The Programmer's Guide



The End?



Resources



On the Web



Bibliography