Why XP After All These Years
I have been an advocate of Extreme Programming (XP) practices for well over a decade. To me, Agile software development means more than just an agile development process, it means that our code is agile and able to respond to change easily. This doesn’t happen by accident. It’s a result of following good programming principles …
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Read MoreScrum and XP
I’ve been fortunate enough to speak at several conferences on Agile developer practices. I presented at many Scrum Gatherings both in the United States and in Europe. I’ve also presented at several of the big Agile conferences as well as the smaller technical conferences such as deliver:Agile and most recently Craft Con in Budapest. Most …
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Read MoreThe Agile Community
Have you ever stopped to consider how fortunate we are? We are part of a community of Agile practitioners and there are many benefits to being part of this community. I am fortunate that I get to speak at many of the Agile conferences, including the big Agile Conference, the deliver:Agile Conference, Scrum Gatherings, Better …
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Read MoreIndependence
Well, happy Independence Day. Functional independence is one of the key characteristics of testable code so I thought it fitting to discuss today. We want to make each piece of our code as functionally independent as possible and make those pieces as small as possible. This is not always easy to do but most of …
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