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The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way. - Heraclitus
The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way. - Heraclitus
Originally posted by Ilja Preuss:
I think "XP installed" puts the practices together in a nice, practical way.
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Originally posted by Doug Wang:
The 9-boots-book "Java Tools for XP" (http://www.javaranch.com/bunkhouse/Process.jsp)will definitely push you into XP practice.
Maybe this week's giveaway is another good choice of XP study for Java programmer.
The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way. - Heraclitus
Originally posted by Ilja Preuss:
I wonder, what do those books tell you about the application of important XP practices like...
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Originally posted by Lasse Koskela:
I've had the same "disbelief" of a number of XP books, including the Hightower. I guess it's difficult to find the right balance between theory and the more hands-on material.
The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way. - Heraclitus
Originally posted by Ilja Preuss:
The both books in question focus on the usage of a handfull of very popular tools. They are certainly quite usefull if you want to use the tools in an agile way - wether you are doing XP or not.
I just don't think that they are usefull for learning how to apply XP - which is a very different topic in my not so humble opinion.
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Author of Test Driven (2007) and Effective Unit Testing (2013) [Blog] [HowToAskQuestionsOnJavaRanch]
Originally posted by Lasse Koskela:
When browsing through Amazon I stumbled into a SAMS "Teach yourself ... in ... days" series book about XP! It must have been the first about software development/software engineering subject.
The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way. - Heraclitus
Originally posted by Ilja Preuss:
And I remember Ron Jeffries, one of the most active XP proponents, state that it isn't that bad a book as the title might suggest...
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Originally posted by Lasse Koskela:
"It isn't that bad" as in "it's not complete rubbish" or as in "I think it's a good book"?
The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way. - Heraclitus