false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165384262m/4102.jpg 4102 1 Want to be a better developer? This books collects the personal habits, ideas, and approaches of successful agile software developers and presents them in a series of short, easy-to-digest tips. This isn't academic fluff; follow these ideas and you'll show yourself, your teammates, and your managers real results. These are the proven and effective agile practices that will make <strong>you</strong> a better developer. <p>This book will help you improve five areas of your career:</p> <ul><li>The Development Process</li> <li>What to Do While Coding</li> <li>Developer Attitudes</li> <li>Project and Team Management</li> <li>Iterative and Incremental Learning</li></ul> <p>These practices provide guidelines that will help you succeed in delivering and meeting your user's expectations, even if the domain is unfamiliar. You'll be able to keep normal project pressure from turning into disastrous stress while writing code, and see how to effectively coordinate mentors, team leads, and developers in harmony.</p> <p>You can learn all this stuff the hard way, but this book can save you time and pain. Read it, and you'll be a better developer.</p> 7812 4 4 2006 Practices of an Agile Developer: Working in the Real World (Pragmatic Programmers) total:63|5:2|4:1|3:1|2:0|1:0| 63 237 116 14 3 0 false false Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 22:36:50 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 22:31:18 -0700 2009
Still there are several parts in this book that I have difficulty agreeing with. To me a process has no meaning if it is not intelligent and flexible. To adapt agile or not what is mo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 09:03:30 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 08:00:57 -0700 2009 Several of these principles are already being done here, but there is still plenty that I can personally do to improve. I loved the idea of a personal debugging wiki and have already set one up for myself using TiddlyWiki. Great book and definitely outlines the practices needed to be a succe...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 06:52:56 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 17:31:15 -0700 2009
Have daily stand up meetings so everyone's on the same page.

Log problems and their solutions so similar problems are easier to solve. Publish these so others who run into the same problem can search for t...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Feb 21 00:30:37 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 00:34:56 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Dec 08 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Mar 27 08:39:28 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 08:39:28 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Feb 01 07:28:39 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 07:29:15 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 05 03:03:14 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 05 03:12:26 -0700 2007
This book has a lot of great and concise tips on how to improve your programming practices. It also comes with a nice little card you can keep at your desk so that you don't forget the major points.

It might sound silly but every...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 25 18:35:57 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 17 01:15:12 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 17 01:18:05 -0700 2007
A load of good ideas/"best practices" condensed down into a couple of hundred pages. Probably not essential if you've read The Pragmatic Programmer, but a damn good read.more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 11:24:46 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 11:26:46 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Oct 26 16:47:14 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 16:48:11 -0700 2008
Wish I could get my entire team to read this one!]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 13 01:26:20 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 01:29:09 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jun 12 06:18:46 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 05 11:50:56 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Aug 27 17:30:39 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 17:31:23 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 07:00:30 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 07:01:12 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Nov 02 05:11:50 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 05:11:52 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Nov 01 11:52:01 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 11:52:01 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 27 14:34:29 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 14:34:29 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Oct 24 07:08:12 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 07:08:12 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Oct 19 07:18:56 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 07:18:56 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Oct 08 10:30:46 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 10:30:46 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4102