Sams Teach Yourself Extreme Programming in 24 Hours

Story. User Story Variations. Hour 11. Software Development with Pair Programming. Getting into the Pair Programming Mindset. Creating the Physical Space. Pair Programming Costs and Benefits. Answering Pair Programming Objections. Making Pair Programming Work for You. IV. USING THE XPTOOLS. Hour 12. Building Software the XP Way. The Integration Cycle. Making a Start with Build Automation. Hour 13. Using XP Development Tools. Gathering Your XP Toolset. Testing Your Software with the xUnit Testing Framework. Tracking Defects with Tools. Using Paper-Based Tools. Finding Software Tools to Speed Up Your Code. Source Control Tools. Tools to Check Your Code Quality. Leveraging Integrated Development Environments. Hour 14. Unit Testing with Java Tools. Revisiting Test-first Programming. Overview Of JUnit. Installing JUnit. Writing Your First JUnit Test. Testing Challenges. Hour 15. Unit Testing with Microsoft Tools. Reviewing Microsoft COM and .NET. Establishing Your .NET Environment. Writing Your First NUnit Test. Hour 16. Automating Your Software Development. Implementing Automated Builds with Ant. The Ant Build File. Building HelloWorld with Ant. Automated Builds on the Microsoft Platform. Hour 17. Making the Most of Ant to Automate Your XP Project. Using Ant to Automate Unit Tests. Automated Build on the .NET Platform. V. ROLLING OUT XPIN YOUR ORGANIZATION. Hour 18. Implementing XP in Your Organization. Understanding the Technology Adoption Curve. Guidelines for Implementing XP in Your Situation. Avoiding the Pitfalls. Measuring XP. Hour 19. Selling and Getting Buy-in to XP. Selling XP Internally. Getting Management Buy-in. How Do I Sell XP to Customers? Hour 20. Learning from XP Case Studies. Case Study: The Importance of Keeping Your Selling and Delivery Methods Synchronized. Case Study: The Result of Changing to XP in Midstream. Case Study: Independent Software Vendor Comes to Grips with XP. Case Study: Pushing the Limits of XP on a Large Project. VI. EXTENDING THE USE OF XPAND OTHER ADVANCED TOPICS. Hour 21. More on Refactoring Techniques. Understanding the Need to Refactor. When to Refactor. Challenges to Refactoring. Refactoring Ideas. Getting into the Refactoring Habit. Refactoring More Than Code. Refactoring Resources. Hour 22. Extending the Limits of XP. Learning How to Scale Your XP Project. Virtual Team Tools. Hour 23. Using Agile Modeling with XP. Taking a Tour Through Agile Modeling. Using Agile Modeling in a Sample Session. Hour 24. Other Agile Development Methodologies. Understanding Agile Development Methodologies. Scrum Methodology. Dynamic Systems Development Methodology. Feature Driven Development. Creating Your Own Agile Methodology. VII. APPENDIXES. Appendix A. Additional References. Bibliography with Observations on the Titles. Appendix B. Online Resources. Extreme Programming Links. XP-Related Links. Links to XP Tools. Agile Methodologies Links. Index.