XP Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change, (Paperback)

from steshaw

Very timely in the early 2000s. Fights the bureaucracy of the methodologies of the "3 amigos" - Booch, Rumbaugh and Jacobsen - which became the Unified Process (RUP).

from brikis98

If you want to learn the principles of XP, this is THE book. If you want to learn the practice of XP, there are better alternatives. The ideas and motivation of XP are explained clearly and concisely. It's a short read, but fairly convincing. However, if you learn better from examples, this book ...

from dvf1976

I've been a programmer for over 10 years now, but somehow I haven't had to do too much collaboration on a project... I suspect it has something to do with the fact that the only language I'm comfortable to collaborate in (Perl) isn't one that most folks collaborate in.. Anyway, I'd like to try Pa...

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This book helped change the way that software development is generally practiced, from the leadership to the programmers, from the business to the design. It is important to note that this book has been delivered in two very different editions. The first edition in 1999 set the direction while th...

from paven

XP is such a good set of patterns, Raising great development practices to a system that enhancing each other. This should be read by anyone taking part in a development team or tightly interacting with it.