Author: chromatic
Publisher: O’Reilly Media
Keywords: guide, pocket, programming, extreme
Number of Pages: 80
Published: 2003-06
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 0596004850
ISBN-13: 9780596004859

Extreme Programming (XP) is a radical new approach to software development that has been accepted quickly because its core practices---the need for constant testing, programming in pairs, inviting customer input, and the communal ownership of code---resonate with developers everywhere. Although many developers feel that XP is rooted in commonsense, its vastly different approach can bring challenges, frustrations, and constant demands on your patience. Unless you’ve got unlimited time (and who does these days?), you can’t always stop to thumb through hundreds of pages to find the

Authors:Ian Langworth, chromatic,
Publisher: O’Reilly Media
Keywords: notebook, developers, developer, testing, perl
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2005-07-14
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0596100922
ISBN-13: 9780596100926

Is there any sexier topic in software development than software testing? That is, besides game programming, 3D graphics, audio, high-performance clustering, cool websites, et cetera? Okay, so software testing is low on the list. And that’s unfortunate, because good software testing can increase your productivity, improve your designs, raise your quality, ease your maintenance burdens, and help to satisfy your customers, coworkers, and managers. Perl has a strong history of automated tests. A very early release of Perl 1.0 included a comprehensive test suite, and it’s only impro

Authors:James Shore, Chromatic,
Publisher: O’Reilly Media
Keywords: development, agile, art
Number of Pages: 440
Published: 2007-10-26
List price: $39.99
ISBN-10: 0596527675
ISBN-13: 9780596527679

The Art of Agile Development contains practical guidance for anyone considering or applying agile development for building valuable software. Plenty of books describe what agile development is or why it helps software projects succeed, but very few combine information for developers, managers, testers, and customers into a single package that they can apply directly. This book provides no-nonsense advice on agile planning, development, delivery, and management taken from the authors’ many years of experience with Extreme Programming (XP). You get a gestalt view of the agile development

Authors:Federico Biancuzzi, Chromatic,
Publisher: O’Reilly Media
Keywords: programming, theory, practice, reilly, languages, major, conversations, creators, masterminds
Number of Pages: 496
Published: 2009-03-27
List price: $39.99
ISBN-10: 0596515170
ISBN-13: 9780596515171

Masterminds of Programming features exclusive interviews with the creators of several historic and highly influential programming languages. In this unique collection, you’ll learn about the processes that led to specific design decisions, including the goals they had in mind, the trade-offs they had to make, and how their experiences have left an impact on programming today. Masterminds of Programming includes individual interviews with: Adin D. Falkoff: APL Thomas E. Kurtz: BASIC Charles H. Moore: FORTH Robin Milner: ML Donald D. Chamberlin: SQL Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger, and Brian

Authors:Chromatic, Brian Aker, David Krieger,
Publisher: O’Reilly Media
Keywords: slash, weblogs, running
Number of Pages: 282
Published: 2002-01
List price: $39.99
ISBN-10: 0596001002
ISBN-13: 9780596001001

Slash is the open source software system that drives the hugely popular Slashdot web site and many others. Slash implements the kind of web site that has come to be called a "weblog": a moderated list, in reverse chronological order, of timely items with links to further discussion on-site, or to further information off-site. Essentially, a weblog is a cooperatively authored daily newspaper for some defined community on the net. Anyone who wants to get a weblog site up and running will want to read this book, particularly system administrators who may not have the time or the backgr

Authors:chromatic, Damian Conway, Curtis "Ovid" Poe,
Publisher: O’Reilly Media
Keywords: programming, debugging, surviving, tools, amp, hacks, tips, perl
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2006-05-15
List price: $29.99
ISBN-10: 0596526741
ISBN-13: 9780596526740

With more than a million dedicated programmers, Perl has proven to be the best computing language for the latest trends in computing and business. While other languages have stagnated, Perl remains fresh, thanks to its community-based development model, which encourages the sharing of information among users. This tradition of knowledge-sharing allows developers to find answers to almost any Perl question they can dream up.And you can find many of those answers right here in Perl Hacks. Like all books in O’Reilly’s Hacks Series, Perl Hacks appeals to a variety of programmers, whet