Extreme Programming for Web Projects

Extreme Programming for Web Projects
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The book allows the reader to tailor cutting-edge practices from software development to keep within time and budget limits and keep customers happy.. This text demonstrates how to use the proven practices of extreme programming in a web development environment
Prior to joining Agile.Net, he worked on many Web and software projects in both Canada and internationally and cofounded Monkeys and Typewriters, an XML and Web development consulting firm.Isobel Raggett has been involved in Web site design and development since the beginning of the industry, and has been at the forefront of adapting lightweight methodologies to Web site development. Previously, he was manager of New Media at Passport Online an
Based on years of real-world experience, the book offers proven best practices that enable developers to deal efficiently and effectively with the challenges they face and, ultimately, to produce Web-based projects that meet and/or exceed customer expectations.Readers will find information on vital topics such as:How the XP team approach enhances communication between Web technology and graphic design professionalsHow XP automated testing ensures a comprehensive approach to testing page layout, performance, and multiplatform operationHow XP's continuous integration an
Learn the new ways of web site development. Maxim Masiutin This book is for both professional web-site development companies and for the customers who would like to order web-site development from a contractor. The book offers new way of developing web projects. The mode of operation is based on the famous methodology called "Extreme Programming" (XP). Until publication of this book, all of the non-compilation books on XP have come from those who were involved in its birth. This publication is the first title from the "second generation" of XP practitioners.This book is self-essential. However, if you would like to know more about economic and spiritual aspects of XP, digest the. Misses Connecting XP To Web Development James Holmes This book's premise is an interesting one: Does XP work for web projects, and if so then how does one go about implementing it? The authors are up front about the first question in the opening to Chapter 1: "Sort of" they say. The book's entire content struck me as a continuation of that statement.The book attempts to be a bit too general in many aspects: there's a lot of high-level coverage of XP tenets without much utility specific to web development. The general coverage of XP is nice, but you'll find better content in other works; however, the authors didn't intend for this to be a seminal work on XP anyway, so that'. "Biting off more than they can chew" according to Howard S. Epstein. To get straight to the point, I was disappointed with this book. The book opens with great promise on how XP is going to change our world and revolutionize programming projects for the web. However, Wallace, Raggett, and Aufgang end up trying to bite off more than they could chew in a 150-page book.First, the authors assume you already know a great deal about extreme programming, which I did not prior to picking up this book. To their credit, they do refer you to Kent Beck's Extreme Programming Explored, recommending you to peruse it before reading their book. Unfortunately, this reference occurs in the Preface, and coul