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  • Tidy First?

    A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design

    by Kent Beck ...
    Tidying up messy software is a must. And that means breaking up the code to make it more readable, and using guard clauses and helping functions to make it understandable. In this practical guide, author Kent Beck, creator of Extreme Programming and pioneer of software patterns, suggests when and where you might apply tidyings in your code.Instead of trying to master tidying all at once, this book ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • Test Driven Development

    By Example

    by Kent Beck ...
    Series series
    Quite simply, test-driven development is meant to eliminate fear in application development. While some fear is healthy (often viewed as a conscience that tells programmers to "be careful!"), the author believes that byproducts of fear include tentative, grumpy, and uncommunicative programmers who are unable to absorb constructive criticism. When programming teams buy into TDD, they immediately ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

  • Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code

    Improving the Design of Existing Code

    Series series Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series
    As the application of object technology--particularly the Java programming language--has become commonplace, a new problem has emerged to confront the software development community. Significant numbers of poorly designed programs have been created by less-experienced developers, resulting in applications that are inefficient and hard to maintain and extend. Increasingly, software system ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • Implementation Patterns

    by Kent Beck ...
    Series series Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Beck)
    Software Expert Kent Beck Presents a Catalog of Patterns Infinitely Useful for Everyday ProgrammingGreat code doesn’t just function: it clearly and consistently communicates your intentions, allowing other programmers to understand your code, rely on it, and modify it with confidence. But great code doesn’t just happen. It is the outcome of hundreds of small but critical decisions programmers make ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

  • JUnit Pocket Guide

    Quick Look-up and Advice

    by Kent Beck ...
    JUnit, created by Kent Beck and Erich Gamma, is an open source framework for test-driven development in any Java-based code. JUnit automates unit testing and reduces the effort required to frequently test code while developing it.While there are lots of bits of documentation all over the place, there isn't a go-to-manual that serves as a quick reference for JUnit. This Pocket Guide meets the need, ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • Extreme Programming Explained

    Embrace Change

    Accountability. Transparency. Responsibility. These are not words that are often applied to software development.In this completely revised introduction to Extreme Programming (XP), Kent Beck describes how to improve your software development by integrating these highly desirable concepts into your daily development process.The first edition of Extreme Programming Explained is a classic. It won ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • Refactoring

    Ruby Edition

    Series series
    The Definitive Refactoring Guide, Fully Revamped for RubyWith refactoring, programmers can transform even the most chaotic software into well-designed systems that are far easier to evolve and maintain. What’s more, they can do it one step at a time, through a series of simple, proven steps. Now, there’s an authoritative and extensively updated version of Martin Fowler’s classic refactoring book ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

  • Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns

    by Kent Beck ...
    This classic book is the definitive real-world style guide for better Smalltalk programming. This author presents a set of patterns that organize all the informal experience successful Smalltalk programmers have learned the hard way. When programmers understand these patterns, they can write much more effective code. The concept of Smalltalk patterns is introduced, and the book explains why they ... Read more

    $57.59 USD

  • Audiobook

    Tidy First?

    A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design

    by Kent Beck ...
    Narrated by Stephen R. Thorne ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 41 min

    Messy code is a nuisance. "Tidying" code, to make it more readable, requires breaking it up into manageable sections. In this practical guide, author Kent Beck, creator of Extreme Programming and pioneer of software patterns, suggests when and where you might apply tidyings to improve your code while keeping the overall structure of the system in mind.Instead of trying to master tidying all at ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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    by Tanya Reilly ...
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    13 hours 52 min

    For years, companies have rewarded their most effective engineers with management positions. But treating management as the default path for an engineer with leadership ability doesn't serve the industry well—or the engineer. The staff engineer's path allows engineers to contribute at a high level as role models, driving big projects, determining technical strategy, and raising everyone's skills ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Modern Software Engineering

    Doing What Works to Build Better Software Faster

    by David Farley ...
    Improve Your Creativity, Effectiveness, and Ultimately, Your CodeIn Modern Software Engineering, continuous delivery pioneer David Farley helps software professionals think about their work more effectively, manage it more successfully, and genuinely improve the quality of their applications, their lives, and the lives of their colleagues.Writing for programmers, managers, and technical leads at ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Software Architecture Metrics

    Case Studies to Improve the Quality of Your Architecture

    Software architecture metrics are key to the maintainability and architectural quality of a software project and they can warn you about dangerous accumulations of architectural and technical debt early in the process. In this practical book, leading hands-on software architects share case studies to introduce metrics that every software architect should know.This isn't a book about theory. It's ... Read more

    $41.09 USD