Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace C
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“In this second edition of Extreme Programming Explained, Kent Beck organizes and presents five years’ worth of experiences, growth, and change revolving around XP. If you are seriously interested in understanding how you and your team can start down the path of improvement with XP, you must read this book. ” ― Francesco Cirillo, Chief Executive Officer, XPLabs S. R. L. “The first edition of this book told us what XP was―it changed the way many of us think about software development. This second edition takes it farther and gives us a lot more of the ‘why’ of XP, the motivations and the principles behind the practices. This is great stuff. Armed with the ‘what’ and the ‘why,’ we can now all set out to confidently work on the ‘how’: how to run our projects better, and how to get agile techniques adopted in our organizations. ” ― Dave Thomas, The Pragmatic Programmers LLC “This book is dynamite! It was revolutionary when it first appeared a few years ago, and this new edition is equally profound. For those who insist on cookbook checklists, there’s an excellent chapter on ‘primary practices,’ but I urge you to begin by truly contemplating the meaning of the opening sentence in the first chapter of Kent Beck’s book: ‘XP is about social change. ’ You should do whatever it takes to ensure that every IT professional and every IT manager―all the way up to the CIO―has a copy of Extreme Programming Explained on his or her desk. ” ― Ed Yourdon, author and consultant “XP is a powerful set of concepts for simplifying the process of software design, development, and testing. It is about minimalism and incrementalism, which are especially useful principles when tackling complex problems that require a balance of creativity and discipline. ” ― Michael A. Cusumano, Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management, and author of The Business of Software “ Extreme Programming Explained is the work of a talented and passionate craftsman. Kent Beck has brought together a compelling collection of ideas about programming and management that deserves your full attention. My only beef is that our profession has gotten to a point where such common-sense ideas are labeled ‘extreme. ’. . . ” ― Lou Mazzucchelli, Fellow, Cutter Business Technology Council “If your organization is ready for a change in the way it develops software, there’s the slow incremental approach, fixing things one by one, or the fast track, jumping feet first into Extreme Programming. Do not be frightened by the name, it is not that extreme at all. It is mostly good old recipes and common sense, nicely integrated together, getting rid of all the fat that has accumulated over the years. ” ― Philippe Kruchten, UBC, Vancouver, British Columbia “Sometimes revolutionaries get left behind as the movement they started takes on a life of its own. In this book, Kent Beck shows that he remains ahead of the curve, leading XP to its next level. Incorporating five years of feedback, this book takes a fresh look at what it takes to develop better software in less time and for less money. There are no silver bullets here, just a set of practical principles that, when used wisely, can lead to dramatic improvements in software development productivity. ” ― Mary Poppendieck, author of Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit “Kent Beck has revised his classic book based on five more years of applying and teaching XP. He shows how the path to XP is both Review: Great book intended to correct the way SW is developed!! - Read this book very carefully. And then repeat. Again and again. It brings sense and life to SW development!! Review: XP delivery approach well explained - Book no doubt is well written to explain Extreme Programming delivery approach. For XP rules you have to go through website though.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 708 Reviews |
G**I
Great book intended to correct the way SW is developed!!
Read this book very carefully. And then repeat. Again and again. It brings sense and life to SW development!!
K**R
XP delivery approach well explained
Book no doubt is well written to explain Extreme Programming delivery approach. For XP rules you have to go through website though.
A**D
If want to add knowledge of XP in your agile knowledge arsenal, skim it.
[book:Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change|67833] Kent Beck is one of the guys on that 17 software development practitioners who created Agile Manifesto at the Snowbird ski resort in Utah, which includes the likes of Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland who created "Scrum" In my own words XP is a flavor to add to Agile Project and Programming Practices. You can say it extends your knowledge of scrum and agile. This book comes from its creator Kent Beck. Would say a good one time read. If you already know Scrum and Agile, you can just skim this book. Agile way of working=(Scrum, Kanban, XP, SAFe) Project Managers and Product Managers will surely be benefitted by understanding the basics of these concepts. This book is i guess both necessary and sufficient to understand XP.
D**E
Best book
Best book
J**H
Extremely useful for those willing to understand XP practices
XP explained in the simplest way .
P**R
Five Stars
Really good book - anyone wanted to understand XP... this book is highly recommended
M**A
Amazing principle explained in great way
Kent does a.briiliant job in explaining the process. his way of articulating is commendable. juzt thatt he could have given a step by step of how to get started with xp. that woud have helped a lot
R**L
If one could distill 30 year software experience in a flask, the precipitate would be called EXTREME PROGRAMMING!
This will allow you to understand: Values are more important than code. Its always Process for People and not People for Process. Xtreme Programming is not about long hours in front of PC. Start XP, Start small and let results speak for themselves. Its not about being Productive as a Developer but being Effective.
M**S
Um dos melhores
Uma das melhores literaturas se você quer levar seu trabalho como engenheiro a outro nível é formar times de alta performance!
A**A
Libro imprescindible para entender el Desarrollo Ágil
Llegué a este libro por recomendación y recomiendo que me ha encantado. Fácil de leer y muy ameno. Inicialmente estaba a la defensiva por pensar que era una nueva teoría del desarrollo de mucho pensar y poco hacer y es justo lo contrario. Si quieres ser un buen programador y quieres realizar proyectos de calidad necesitas leer este libro e interiorizar sus conocimiento, es una teoría que funciona.
D**N
The first edition
If you already know XP, you perhaps want to know whether to buy this book. I'll try to answer that question. The first edition of this book marked a watershed in the way I thought about software. I did leave many questions unanswered, however, as our team struggled to implement the practices 'out of the box'. Perhaps a bit too much revolutionary zeal. The breadth of the second edition is far greater. It explains the principles so that you can adapt them to your own circumstances, without subverting their original intent. As such it is a far more usefull book than the first edition, even if it lacks the bold audacity of the former - or maybe the ideas of XP dont seem so left of field anymore.
A**I
Lettura davvero consigliata su uno dei principali framework agili
Utile ed esauriente trattato sul Extreme Programming. La tesi principale proposta è che non ha senso cercare di fare previsioni che non possono basarsi su niente altro che l'incertezza. Piuttosto, Kent Beck propone una metodologia che abbraccia i cambiamenti invece di combatterlo. Gli aspetti principali della metodologia sono: - pair programming che porta ad una maggiore qualità del codice scritto - pianificazione flessibile: scegliendo giornalmente ciò che va fatto in base alle priorità del momento - design for change - non trattare nessuna parte del progetto (comprese le specifiche) come immutabili, essere sempre pronti a modificarli quando necessario, - il codice è la documentazione e quindi va scritto in modo che possa essere facilmente utilizzato come tali, - unit test: gli unit test sono uno step essenziale per fornire codice funzionante Si può essere d'accordo su tutto o su parte dei punti in elenco o altri aspetti del libro. È sicuramente importante prendere coscienza del problema di fondo, la pianificazione fondata sull'incertezza e provare a prendere ragionare, magari prendendo spunto proprio dalle linee guida di XP. Libro stra-consigliato.
G**D
A book with this subject is really difficult to find and the author Kent Beck is a precursor in the Agile community
The book treats much more about how you can improve a project in the political way (not technical). How you can lower the dev to prod cycles, how you can improve code, how to tackle the communication between business and IT, etc ... All this parts when you are technically really good emerge because they are the only painfull. Kent Back gives you a lot of bullets in order to talk with project managers that see only their budget and don't take into account all the human parts. The beginning is not really easy to read but there is so much that it's a real treasure.
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